CompletedNot Applicable

Intervention to Promote Changes of Healthy Lifestyle (Physical Activity and Nutrition) During Gestation

Canada16 participantsStarted 2011-12

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study are: * Assess the impact of an intervention to the adoption of healthy lifestyles among pregnant women at high risk of gestational diabetes mellitus on: * weight gain in pregnancy * the levels of maternal and fetal adipokines and * glycemic control maternal and fetal. * Determine whether the adoption of healthy lifestyles in pregnancy is associated with epigenetic changes that influence the levels of adipokines and glucose regulation during pregnancy and in newborns.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * be aged ≥ 18 years, * have a pre-pregnancy BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2, * be at risk of developing a gestational diabetes mellitus (a history of gestational diabetes mellitus or glucose 1 hour post-50g \> 7.1 mmol/L. Exclusion Criteria: * Pre-pregnancy diabetes detected in the first trimester (A1c \> 6.5%, fasting glucose \> 7.0 mmol/L, random blood glucose\> 11.1 mmol/L, glucose \> 10.3 mmol/L 1 hour post-50g) * twin pregnancy * taking medications that can affect blood sugar or weight, * practice ≥ 150 minutes of physical activity per week * against formal-indication for physical activity.

What they're measuring

Weight change during pregnancy

Timeframe: Weeks 12, 24, 36 of gestation

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01782105

SponsorUniversité de Sherbrooke

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2013-09

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