Gestational Weight Gain: Results from the Delta Healthy Sprouts Comparative Impact Trial.

ABSTRACT: Introduction. Delta Healthy Sprouts trial was designed to test the comparative impact of two home visiting programs on weight status, dietary intake, and health behaviors of Southern African American women and their infants. Results pertaining to the primary outcome, gestational weight gain, are reported. Methods. Participants (n = 82), enrolled early in their second trimester of pregnancy, were randomly assigned to one of two treatment arms. Gestational weight gain, measured at six monthly home visits, was calculated by subtracting measured weight at each visit from self-reported prepregnancy weight. Weight gain was classified as under, within, or exceeding the Institute of Medicine recommendations based on prepregnancy body mass index. Chi-square tests and generalized linear mixed models

SUBMITTER: Thomson JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4993958 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature