Ripple Effect of Lifestyle Interventions During Pregnancy on Untreated Partners' Weight.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Weight-loss interventions have a positive "ripple effect" on untreated partners' weight, but ripple effects in pregnancy are unknown. The objective of this study was to determine whether prenatal lifestyle interventions that reduce gestational weight gain in pregnant women have a positive ripple effect on untreated partners' weight.

Methods

Two clinical trials with the same outcome measures randomly assigned pregnant women to a lifestyle intervention or usual care. Untreated partners were randomly assigned according to their pregnant partner's group allocation and were assessed at study entry (~13 weeks' gestation), 35 weeks' gestation, and 6 and 12 months after delivery.

Results

A total of 122 partners (100% male, 23% Hispanic, 82% married, and 48% with obe

SUBMITTER: Hagobian TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6478509 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature