Counseling and behavioral interventions for healthy weight and weight gain in pregnancy: evidence report and systematic review for the US Preventive Services Task …

AG Cantor, RM Jungbauer, M McDonagh, I Blazina… - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Counseling and active behavioral interventions to limit excess gestational
weight gain (GWG) during pregnancy may improve health outcomes for women and infants …

Call to action for a life course approach

D Simmons, Y Gupta, TL Hernandez, N Levitt… - The Lancet, 2024 - thelancet.com
Gestational diabetes remains the most common medical disorder in pregnancy, with short-
term and long-term consequences for mothers and offspring. New insights into …

Effectiveness of pre-pregnancy lifestyle in preventing gestational diabetes mellitus—a systematic review and meta-analysis of 257,876 pregnancies

S Sampathkumar, D Parkhi… - Nutrition & …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Background Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is hyperglycaemia first detected
during pregnancy. Globally, GDM affects around 1 in 6 live births (up to 1 in 4 in low-and …

Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of pre-pregnancy lifestyle intervention to reduce recurrence of gestational diabetes: Gestational Diabetes Prevention …

S Phelan, E Jelalian, D Coustan, AB Caughey… - Trials, 2021 - Springer
Background Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with several maternal
complications in pregnancy, including preeclampsia, preterm labor, need for induction of …

Preconception and periconception interventions to prevent low birth weight, small for gestational age and preterm birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis

U Partap, R Chowdhury, S Taneja, N Bhandari… - BMJ global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Background Low birth weight (LBW), including preterm birth (PTB) and small for gestational
age (SGA), contributes a significant global health burden. We aimed to summarise current …

Weight loss prior to pregnancy and subsequent gestational weight gain: prepare, a randomized clinical trial

ES LeBlanc, NX Smith, KK Vesco, IM Paul… - American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Women with elevated body mass index are encouraged to lose weight before
pregnancy, but no trials have tested the effects of prepregnancy weight loss on health …

Genetic risk of type 2 diabetes modifies the effects of a lifestyle intervention aimed at the prevention of gestational and postpartum diabetes

E Huvinen, J Lahti, MM Klemetti, PH Bergman… - Diabetologia, 2022 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis The aim of this study was to assess the interaction between genetic risk
and lifestyle intervention on the occurrence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and …

Quality of life, social support, acceptance of illness, and self-efficacy among pregnant women with hyperglycemia

G Iwanowicz-Palus, M Zarajczyk, B Pięta… - International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Carbohydrate metabolism disorders resulting in hyperglycemia are among the most
common metabolic complications of pregnancy. According to 2017 data from the …

[HTML][HTML] Mothers' experiences of a lifestyle intervention for weight reduction 12 months after gestational diabetes mellitus: Qualitative findings from the PAIGE2 study

BJ Kemp, RM Creighton, G Cupples, B Kelly… - Midwifery, 2024 - Elsevier
The standardised pooled prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) globally is
approximately 14%, a reflection of increasing rates of obesity in women of childbearing age …

Impact of preconception weight loss on fasting glucose and pregnancy outcomes in women with obesity: A randomized trial

SAL Price, P Sumithran, AJ Nankervis, M Permezel… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study examined the effectiveness of a nonsurgical, preconception weight loss
intervention on pregnancy outcomes in women with obesity. Methods This was a two‐arm …