ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2015
Lifestyle intervention to prevent excessive maternal weight gain: mother and infant follow-up at 12 months postpartum.
Article in BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05518604 (Pregnancy, Active Duty and Weight Loss), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Pregnancy, Active Duty and Weight Loss (PADaWL) Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing the Effect of Dietary Intervention on Postpartum Weight Loss in Active Duty Women
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- Associations between lifestyle interventions during pregnancy and childhood weight and growth: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Pooled it
- Health professional-delivered obesity prevention interventions during the first 1,000 days: A systematic review of external validity reporting.HRB open research · 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
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- Pregnancy lifestyle interventions and child health: lessons learned from the GeliS trial.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- Physical Activity during Pregnancy and Childhood Obesity: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Evidence and consensus-based clinical practice guideline for the management of obesity and overweight in postpartum women: An AIIMS-DST initiative.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2023Review
- Development and validation of a screening questionnaire for early identification of pregnant women at risk for excessive gestational weight gain.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Effects of a Lifestyle Intervention in Routine Care on Short- and Long-Term Maternal Weight Retention and Breastfeeding Behavior-12 Months Follow-up of the Cluster-Randomized GeliS Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundExcessive gestational weight gain (GWG) is associated with elevated weight retention in mothers and might be related to adiposity of their offspring. Little is known if lifestyle intervention during pregnancy has beneficial effects for mothers and children beyond gestation.
methodsA cluster-randomized controlled intervention trial was performed with 250 pregnant women in 8 gynaecological practices. Lifestyle intervention was carried out twice with individual counselling sessions on nutrition, physical activity and weight monitoring. Participants in the control group received routine prenatal care and an information leaflet. Follow-up data of women and their offspring were collected one year postpartum (pp) by phone call and/or via e-mail using a structured questionnaire. Maternal weight retention at 12 months pp and weight development of the children in their first year of life was compared between groups using linear regression. The association between energy and macronutrient intake during pregnancy with maternal weight retention and children weight development was also assessed.
resultsThe intervention resulted in a trend towards lower mean weight retention 12 months pp (0.2 vs. 0.8 kg), but was not statistically significant (p = 0.321). Among women receiving lifestyle counselling, only 8% retained more than 5 kg weight while 17% in the control group retained >5 kg (OR: 0.40 (95% CI: 0.16, 0.97)). For the whole study cohort, an association between higher GWG and increased 12 month weight retention was found (0.4 kg weight retention per 1 kg increase in GWG, p < 0.001). Weight development of the infants did not differ between groups in the first months after birth. At the 10th-12th month weight measurement, infants born to mothers in the intervention group tended towards lower body weights. Both energy intake and macronutrient composition of the diet during pregnancy did not affect maternal weight retention and weight development of the infants.
conclusionsLifestyle counselling during pregnancy to avoid GWG had a rather modest effect on maternal pp weight retention and weight development of the infants. However, larger intervention studies and longer follow-up are required to be able to draw definite conclusions.
trial registrationGerman Clinical Trials Register DRKS00003801.
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