The effect of a prenatal lifestyle intervention on glucose metabolism: results of the Norwegian Fit for Delivery randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The effectiveness of prenatal lifestyle intervention to prevent gestational diabetes and improve maternal glucose metabolism remains to be established. The Norwegian Fit for Delivery (NFFD) randomized, controlled trial studied the effect of a combined lifestyle intervention provided to a general population, and found significantly lower gestational weight gain among intervention participants but no improvement in obstetrical outcomes or the proportion of large infants. The aim of the present study is to examine the effect of the NFFD intervention on glucose metabolism, including an assessment of the subgroups of normal-weight and overweight/obese participants.

Methods

Healthy, non-diabetic women expecting their first child, with pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI)

SUBMITTER: Sagedal LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5457543 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature