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Trial reportPediatric obesity2022

The effects of a lifestyle intervention (the HealthyMoms app) during pregnancy on infant body composition: Secondary outcome analysis from a randomized controlled trial.

Johanna Sandborg, Pontus Henriksson, Emmie Söderström, Jairo H Migueles, Marcus Bendtsen, Marie Blomberg, Marie Löf

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Trial report in Pediatric obesity, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. A Scoping Review of Instruments Used to Measure Weight and Body Composition in Infants Under 1 Year.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Johanna SandborgDepartment of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-0389-9333
Pontus HenrikssonDepartment of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping.
Emmie SöderströmDepartment of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping.
Jairo H MiguelesDepartment of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Marcus BendtsenDepartment of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping.
Marie BlombergDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Marie LöfDepartment of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Linköping University · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPregnancy has been identified as a window for childhood obesity prevention. Although lifestyle interventions in pregnancy can prevent excessive gestational weight gain (GWG), little is known whether such interventions also affect infant growth and body composition.

objectivesTo investigate (i) the effects of a 6-month lifestyle intervention (the HealthyMoms app) on infant body composition 1-2 weeks postpartum, and (ii) whether a potential intervention effect on infant body composition is mediated through maternal GWG.

methodsThis is a secondary outcome analysis of the HealthyMoms randomized controlled trial. Air-displacement plethysmography was used to measure body composition in 305 healthy full-term infants.

resultsWe observed no statistically significant effect on infant weight (β = -0.004, p = 0.94), length (β = -0.19, p = 0.46), body fat percentage (β = 0.17, p = 0.72), or any of the other body composition variables in the multiple regression models (all p ≥ 0.27). Moreover, we observed no mediation effect through GWG on infant body composition.

conclusionsOur findings support that HealthyMoms may be implemented in healthcare to promote a healthy lifestyle in pregnant women without compromising offspring growth. Further research is required to elucidate whether lifestyle interventions in pregnancy also may result in beneficial effects on infant body composition and impact future obesity risk.

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Mobile ApplicationsPediatric ObesityPregnancy ComplicationsBody CompositionBody Mass IndexChildFemaleHumansInfantLife StylePregnancyWeight Gainair-displacement plethysmographybody compositiondigital lifestyle interventiongestational weight gainmHealthneonatal

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PMID35106942
PMCPMC9285397
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