Get Active and Eat Right: Moms at Work (GEM)

University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Status: Completed

Conditions: Overweight; Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Weight loss

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01668316

GEM-12-0059

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a worksite diet and exercise program on weight loss in postpartum women.

Full description

This project is a research study investigating the effects of a worksite diet and exercise intervention on weight loss in overweight postpartum women. Weight loss programs have been shown to be effective in reducing postpartum weight retention. However, high attrition rates in these studies suggest that the added responsibility of a new infant at home and returning to work may limit a woman's ability to follow a diet plan and exercise regularly. We hope that by offering a weight loss program at the workplace, we can increase participant retention and maximize weight loss in this population. Our primary aim is to promote weight loss while preserving lean body mass during the 12 week intervention. Secondary aims include increasing cardiovascular fitness from baseline and improving cardiovascular biomarkers, including total, LDL, and HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose, insulin, and markers of inflammation and metabolism.

Enrollment: 34 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years and older, 10 to 14 weeks postpartum, University faculty, staff, and students, BMI 25-35 or at least 4.5 kilograms heavier than prepregnancy weight, English speaking

Exclusion criteria

• Smoking, chronic disease, BMI >35

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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34 participants in 2 patient groups

Weight loss

Experimental group

Description:

12 week weight loss program with biweekly meetings with a Registered Dietitian. Participants will be given a nutrition prescription and asked to record dietary intake online. Participants will be given a pedometer and record daily physical activity.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Weight loss

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants asked to not change dietary and physical activity habits.