Infant adiposity following a randomised controlled trial of a behavioural intervention in obese pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Randomised controlled trials are required to address causality in the reported associations between maternal influences and offspring adiposity. The aim of this study was to determine whether an antenatal lifestyle intervention, associated with improvements in maternal diet and reduced gestational weight gain (GWG) in obese pregnant women leads to a reduction in infant adiposity and sustained improvements in maternal lifestyle behaviours at 6 months postpartum.

Subjects and methods

We conducted a planned postnatal follow-up of a randomised controlled trial (UK Pregnancies Better Eating and Activity Trial (UPBEAT)) of a complex behavioural intervention targeting maternal diet (glycaemic load (GL) and saturated fat intake) and physical activity in 1555 obese pregnan

SUBMITTER: Patel N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5482395 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature