None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Excess weight gain during pregnancy is associated with negative outcomes for mother and child. Interventions to reduce excess gestational weight gain can be costly and have not been effective to date. Our aim is to establish a simple way of identifying those women who are likely to gain excess weight during pregnancy in order to enable midwives and obstetricians to direct interventions towards women most at risk. Helping those women at risk of excess weight gain during pregnancy should make interventions work better and thus be cost-effective.
Interventions
Observational cohort study of weight gain in pregnancy from 12-15 weeks of pregnancy to 6 months post-partum.
Sponsors
Dr Helen Paterson
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Pregnant with an on-going wanted singleton pregnancy at the time of a Nuchal translucency ultrasound (11-14weeks) English speaking / reading skills Consents to take part Aged 18-45
Exclusion criteria
Home address outside of metropolitan Dunedin
Outcome results
None listed