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Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: • Pregnant women (gestational age = 12 weeks) • Age 18-40 years • Prepregnancy overweight/obesity (BMI = 25.0 kg/m2). Self-reported prepregnancy weight and measured height at baseline will be used to calculate prepregnancy BMI.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: • Haemodynamically significant heart disease; • Restrictive lung disease; • Congenital metabolic disease; • Mentally retarded; • Bariatric surgery; • Diabetes type II, dependent on medicine.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Gestational weight gain | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| • Postpartum weight retention, • Smoking cessation • Dietary habits: 7 day food diary, Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) • Physical activity habits: accelerometry, Baecke questionnaire • Miscarriage: defined as the loss of the fetus before the 20th week of pregnancy. • Pregnancy complications • Vitamin D status: • Childbirth complications • Dysmaturity and macrosomia • Prematurity • Metabolic derangement: blood glucose levels, insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), lipid profile and liver enzymes, OGTT . • Cardiovascular alterations: blood pressure (BP) and pulse wave velocity (PWV), arteriovenous ratio (AV-ratio) derived from retina image. • Microbial flora of the mother(fecal, vaginal, oral) and child (fecal) • Epigenetics (biopsy placenta) • Cord blood glucose, insulin and lipids • Metabolic derangement of the child: bloodglucose, insulin levels and lipid profile of the infants at 1y. • Breast milk composition • Body composition (deuterium method) • Marital status; • Education; • Medical history; • Number of previous pregnancies; • Previouw perinatal complications; • Smoking: pack years. | — |
Contacts
Maastricht University Medical Center+