Trial reportJournal of negative results in biomedicine2012
Lifestyle counseling during pregnancy and offspring weight development until four years of age: follow-up study of a controlled trial.
Trial report in Journal of negative results in biomedicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions for preventing obesity in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Can antenatal diet and lifestyle interventions influence childhood obesity? A systematic review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2018Pooled it
- Combined diet and exercise interventions for preventing gestational diabetes mellitus.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Diet, physical activity and behavioural interventions for the treatment of overweight or obese children from the age of 6 to 11 years.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Diet or exercise, or both, for preventing excessive weight gain in pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- A pragmatic controlled trial to prevent childhood obesity within a risk group at maternity and child health-care clinics: results up to six years of age (the VACOPP study).BMC pediatrics · 2018Trial
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- Pragmatic controlled trial to prevent childhood obesity in maternity and child health care clinics: pregnancy and infant weight outcomes (the VACOPP Study).BMC pediatrics · 2013Trial
- Physical Activity during Pregnancy and Childhood Obesity: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Association between physical activity education and prescription during prenatal care and maternal and fetal health outcomes: a quasi-experimental study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Nutrition and Exercise Strategies to Prevent Excessive Pregnancy Weight Gain: A Meta-analysis.AJP reports · 2019Article
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5 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundFetal conditions are known to be partly responsible for the child's risk for obesity. Our pilot study aimed to determine the effect of gestational lifestyle counseling on the offspring weight gain until 4 years of age and to estimate power for future studies. DESIGN AND
methodsFirst-time pregnant mothers participated in a controlled trial conducted in maternity health clinics during 2004 - 2006. The intervention included individual counseling on physical activity and diet, and an option to attend supervised group exercise sessions. The participant mothers (N = 109) received a follow-up questionnaire concerning 13 repeated growth measurements of their offspring. Response rate to the follow-up questionnaire was 66.1% (N = 72/109).
resultsThe increase of BMI z-score between 24-48 months was not significantly slower among the intervention group offspring (95% CI -0.025 to 0.009, p = 0.34) compared to control group. Z-scores for weight-for-length/height did not differ between groups when the period 0-48 months was analyzed (95% CI -0.010 to 0.014, p = 0.75).
conclusionsIn this pilot study gestational lifestyle counseling did not significantly slow the weight gain of the offspring. Gestational intervention studies with at least 300 mothers per group are needed to confirm the possible effect on offspring's risk for obesity.
trial registrationCurrent Controlled Trials ISRCTN21512277.
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