Effectiveness of a Brief Lifestyle Intervention in the Prenatal Care Setting to Prevent Excessive Gestational Weight Gain and Improve Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes.

ABSTRACT: Research on perinatal programming shows that excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) increases the risk of overweight and obesity later in a child's life and contributes to maternal weight retention and elevated risks of obstetrical complications. This study examined the effectiveness of a brief lifestyle intervention in the prenatal care setting, compared to routine prenatal care, in preventing excessive GWG as well as adverse maternal and infant health outcomes. The GeMuKi study was designed as a cluster RCT using a hybrid effectiveness implementation design and was conducted in the prenatal care setting in Germany. A total of 1466 pregnant women were recruited. Pregnant women in intervention regions received up to six brief counseling sessions on lifestyle topics (e.g., physical activit

SUBMITTER: Krebs F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9141141 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature