Mother Infant Nutrition Study

Enrolling by invitation

Conditions studied: Pregnancy Related, Infant Development

In brief

Early life influences (including the intrauterine environment, birth weight, and early postnatal growth) shape subsequent weight trajectories and future chronic disease risk. The MINT study will evaluate whether maternal fat mass changes are associated with specific maternal weight trajectories during pregnancy, and with neonatal adiposity at birth. The study is a prospective observational cohort currently enrolling women in early pregnancy,and following mothers and infants after birth.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04132310

Run by

University of Texas at Austin

People needed

180

Starts

2019-08-21

Expected to finish

2026-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 45. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• <16 weeks gestation
• Age >18 years old
• BMI <35 kg/m2
• Width <48 cm

You may not qualify if…

• Diabetes
• Claustrophobia
• Recent weight loss of >5% of body weight before pregnancy
• Weight-loss related surgery
• Currently breastfeeding
• Smoking
• Presence of any mechanically or magnetically activated implants, or any other contraindication for MRI

Where it is running

• Health Discovery Building Biomedical Imaging Center — Austin, Texas, United States
• Dell Pediatric Research Institute — Austin, Texas, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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