FirstWIND: Weight Loss Interventions After Delivery

Johns Hopkins University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Overweight; Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: lifestyle intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00377026

M051633

Details and patient eligibility

About

This a pilot intervention study in which postpartum women will be randomized to receive a 6-month postpartum weight loss intervention or usual care.

Full description

Overweight and obesity affect over 15 million adult women in the United States. Postpartum weight retention has been shown to be one factor contributing to weight retention, obesity and possible development of type 2 diabetes. African-American women and other minority women are at especially high risk for the development of obesity and type 2 diabetes. We propose to pilot a six-month postpartum-specific lifestyle intervention among urban-based, postpartum African-American women.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Postpartum women with a pre-pregnancy or first trimester body mass index of 28 or greater or a history of gestational diabetes in the most recent pregnancy.

Exclusion criteria

• Current cardiac disease or serious chronic disease, including cancer.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

lifestyle

Experimental group

Description:

participants receive lifestyle intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: lifestyle intervention