CompletedNot Applicable

The HealthyMoms Trial to Promote Healthy Gestational Weight Gain

Sweden305 participantsStarted 2017-10-01

Plain-language summary

Excessive gestational weight gain is a major public health problem. Traditional face-to-face intervention programs has been shown to be succesful in order to promote healthier weight gains, however, they are time-consuming and expensive. The objectives of this study are to assess whether a 6-month smartphone application can promote healthy gestational weight gain, dietary habits and physical activity in pregnant women.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * a single pregnancy * aged 18 years or above * be able to speak and read Swedish sufficiently well. Exclusion Criteria: * previous diagnosed eating disorder * pre-pregnancy diabetes or medical conditions or pharmacological treatments prior to pregnancy that may affect body weight

What they're measuring

Gestational weight gain

Timeframe: At the end of the intervention which is 23 weeks after baseline

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03298555

SponsorKarolinska Institutet

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2020-09-30

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