A Behavioral Lifestyle Intervention to Limit Gestational Weight Gain in Pregnant Women with Overweight and Obesity.

Jihong Liu Sara Wilcox Ellen Wingard Gabrielle M Turner-McGrievy Brent HuttoJudith Burgis

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2021)

The behavioral lifestyle intervention favorably impacted GWG in African American participants with overweight but not African American participants with obesity. The intervention's overall favorable impact on perinatal outcomes suggests that the mechanisms beyond total GWG may drive these outcomes.

Keyphrases

weight gain
african american
weight loss
pregnant women
body mass index
birth weight
randomized controlled trial
metabolic syndrome
physical activity
insulin resistance
pregnancy outcomes
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle
glycemic control
high fat diet induced