The Impact of a Lifestyle Intervention on Postpartum Weight Retention Among At-Risk Hispanic Women.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study assesses the impact of a culturally modified, motivationally targeted, individually tailored intervention on postpartum weight retention among Hispanic women with abnormal glucose tolerance during pregnancy.

Methods

Estudio Parto (Project Aiming to Reduce Type twO diabetes) was an RCT conducted in Western Massachusetts (collected 2013‒2017, analyzed 2018-2020). Hispanic women with blood glucose ≥140 mg/dL (7.77 mmol/L) on routine nonfasting oral glucose challenge test were randomized to a Lifestyle Intervention (n=100) focusing on healthy exercise and diet or to a comparison Health and Wellness Intervention (n=104) with no mention of exercise or diet behavior changes. The primary outcome was change in weight, calculated as the difference between prepr

SUBMITTER: Palnati M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8217276 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature