Preconception lifestyle intervention reduces long term energy intake in women with obesity and infertility: a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The preconceptional period may be an optimal window of opportunity to improve lifestyle. We previously showed that a 6 month preconception lifestyle intervention among women with obesity and infertility was successful in decreasing the intake of high caloric snacks and beverages, increasing physical activity and in reducing weight in the short term. We now report the effects of the preconception lifestyle intervention on diet, physical activity and body mass index (BMI) at 5.5 years (range = 3.7-7.0 years) after the intervention.

Methods

We followed women who participated in the LIFEstyle study, a multicentre RCT in which women with obesity and infertility were assigned to a six-month lifestyle intervention program or prompt infertility treatment (N = 577). Diet a

SUBMITTER: van Elten TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6325811 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature