Published In

Obesity

Document Type

Post-Print

Publication Date

10-1-2016

Abstract

Objective

This analysis was focused on 1-year maternal and infant follow-up of a randomized trial that tested a weight management intervention conducted during pregnancy.

Methods

One hundred fourteen women with obesity (mean BMI 36.7 kg/m2) were randomly assigned at a mean of 15 weeks gestation to a weight management intervention or usual care control condition. The intervention ended at delivery and resulted in less gestational weight gain and a lower proportion of large-for-gestational-age newborns among intervention compared with control participants. The primary outcome at 12 months postpartum was maternal weight. Secondary outcomes included infant weight-for-age and weight-for-length z-scores.

Results

At 1 year, mothers in the intervention group weighed 96.3 ± 18.6 kg and those in the control group 99.7 ± 19.2 kg. There was no significant difference between groups in change in weight from randomization to 1 year postpartum (b = −0.47, 95% CI: −4.03 to 3.08). There was a significant main effect of group for infant weight-for-age z-scores (b = −0.40, 95% CI: −0.75 to −0.05) but not infant weight-for-length z-scores (b = −0.20, 95% CI: −0.59 to 0.20).

Conclusions

A gestational weight management intervention did not influence maternal weight or infant weight-for-length at 1 year postpartum. Future studies may be warranted to determine whether extending prenatal interventions into the postpartum period would be beneficial for maternal and infant outcomes.

Description

Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2016 Oct; 24(10): 2042–2049. doi: 10.1002/oby.21597

DOI

10.1002/oby.21597

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/19281

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