An intervention aimed at the prevention of excessive weight gain during pregnancy.
Completed
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 300
Inclusion Criteria
A cohort of 300 women (two times 150), who are approximately seven months pregnant of their first child (nullipara). All healthy women who visit the midwife within 14 weeks after the start of their last menstrual period, and who are pregnant for the first time, will be eligible for inclusion.
Exclusion Criteria
Those who are directly referred to a gynaecologist because of complications, and those not able to read/write or communicate in Dutch will be excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method An assistant will perform the anthropometrical measurements and collect the blood samples at 15, 25, 35 weeks of pregnancy and at 7, 25, 51 weeks after delivery in the midwife practice to measure the following outcome measures:<br /><br>Weight and BMI (change): height is measured in bare feet with a portable height scale with a wide measuring slide and a heel plate. Both weight and height will be measured twice, and the mean value of the two measurements will be computed. Calibrated scales are used to determine weight while participants are only wearing light clothing (e.g. underwear) and no shoes.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method