None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Being overweight and gaining too much weight in pregnancy increase the chances of complications of the pregnnacy for the mother and baby. We believe that by giving women simple dietary advice and encouraging them towards healthy weight gain targets in pregnancy, these outcomes may be improved
Interventions
Women in both groups will be weighed at recruitment, before 20 weeks gestation. Women in the control group will be advised of their body mass index (BMI), and recommended weight gain for pregnacy based on Institute of medicine guidelines.
Women in the intervention group will have a single individual session lasting approximately 30 minutes with a dietitan or food technologist or trained midwife, consisting of a dietary history and simple dietary advice. They will be encouraged to weigh themselv
Women in both groups will be weighed at recruitment, before 20 weeks gestation. Women in the control group will be advised of their body mass index (BMI), and recommended weight gain for pregnacy based on Institute of medicine guidelines. Women in the intervention group will have a single individual session lasting approximately 30 minutes with a dietitan or food technologist or trained midwife, consisting of a dietary history and simple dietary advice. They will be encouraged to weigh themselves regularly and record weight gain on a personalsed graph. Weight gain will be recorded in both groups at 36 weeks pregnancy
Sponsors
Mercy Hospital for Women
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Pregnant women with body mass index (BMI) greater than 25kg/m2
Exclusion criteria
Pre pregnancy diabetes, multifetal pregnancy, serious fetal anomaly
Outcome results
None listed