Preventing Obesity in Military Communities: Mother-Baby

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Conditions studied: Pregnancy, Overweight, Obesity

In brief

Women with pre-pregnancy obesity, women who exceed recommended weight gain during pregnancy, and children who experience rapid and excess growth during the first year of life are all at risk for subsequent obesity. The purpose of this study is to examine creative cognitive strategies to promote healthy weight gain during pregnancy, creating a sound substrate of metabolic programming for the critical first six months of life. A trans-disciplinary approach utilizing a patient- and family-centered intervention and active patient engagement with counseling for positive gain will work with women to shape lifestyle during pregnancy and postpartum, and when feeding their infants in the first 6 months of life. It is hypothesized patient engagement with counseling for positive gains will successfully mitigate excess weight gain in both pregnancy and infancy compared to usual care. Moreover, data will be examined to assess whether psychological variables, work and school climate, and social support factors influence body weight gain trajectories and/or weight loss during and after pregnancy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03249324

Run by

Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine

People needed

58

Starts

2014-11-01

Expected to finish

2017-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-08-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 35. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age between 18 and 35 years
• Absence of underlying medical conditions that would place the pregnancy in the high-risk category (e.g., hypertension, pre-existing diabetes mellitus, thyroid disease, multiple gestations)
• Baseline BMI (on determination of pregnancy) >18 kg/m2 and ≤29.9 kg/m2
• Plan to reside in the study area (Jacksonville, NC area) for at least 18 months
• Eligible for care within the Military Health System (MHS)
• No planned surgeries, medical interventions, or other procedures that would place participants in the high-risk pregnancy category
• No involvement in a commercial or military weight management program in the past 3 months
• Fluent command of the English language

You may not qualify if…

• Current involvement in a structured weight loss program
• BMI of ≤18 kg/m2 or ≥30 kg/m2
• Potential participants with high-risk pregnancies. Participants will be placed in the high risk pregnancy category if they have any underlying medical conditions (e.g. hypertension, diabetes, thyroid disease, multiple gestations) placing the subject into a high-risk category by American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) standards
• Planned surgeries or other procedures that would place participants in the high-risk pregnancy category

Where it is running

• Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune — Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, United States

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