Does Partial Meal Replacement During Pregnancy Reduce 12-Month Postpartum Weight Retention?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This randomized trial tested whether a behavioral intervention with meal replacements in pregnancy could increase the proportion of women who returned to prepregnancy weight and reduce postpartum weight retention by 12 months after delivery.

Methods

Women (N = 264; 13.7 weeks' gestation) with overweight or obesity were randomly assigned to usual care or intervention. The intervention reduced excess gestational weight gain and was discontinued at delivery. At follow-up, 83.7% completed the 12-month assessment.

Results

Compared with usual care, prenatal intervention had no significant effect on odds of achieving prepregnancy weight (38/128 [29.7%] vs. 41/129 [31.8%]; P = 0.98) or in reducing the magnitude of weight retained (3.3 vs. 3.1 kg; P = 0.82) at 12 mon

SUBMITTER: Phelan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8142600 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature