One-year weight losses in the Tianjin Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Prevention Programme: A randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To report the weight loss findings after the first year of a lifestyle intervention trial among women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

Methods

A total of 1180 women with GDM were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive a 4-year lifestyle intervention (intervention group, n = 586) or standard care (control group, n = 594) between August 2009 and July 2011. Major elements of the intervention included 6 face-to-face sessions with study dieticians and two telephone calls in the first year, and two individual sessions and two telephone calls in each subsequent year.

Results

Among 79% of participants who completed the year 1 trial, mean weight loss was 0.82 kg (1.12% of initial weight) in the intervention group and 0.09 kg (0.03% of initial weight) in the control g

SUBMITTER: Liu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5899932 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature