Intervention to Promote Changes of Healthy Lifestyle (Physical Activity and Nutrition) During Gestation
Excessive Weight Gain During Pregnancy, Gestational Diabetes
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Excessive Weight Gain During Pregnancy focused on measuring weight gain, healthy lifestyle, gestational diabetes, adipokins, glycemic regulation
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- be aged ≥ 18 years,
- have a pre-pregnancy BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2,
- be at risk of developing a gestational diabetes mellitus (a history of gestational diabetes mellitus or glucose 1 hour post-50g > 7.1 mmol/L.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pre-pregnancy diabetes detected in the first trimester (A1c > 6.5%, fasting glucose > 7.0 mmol/L, random blood glucose> 11.1 mmol/L, glucose > 10.3 mmol/L 1 hour post-50g)
- twin pregnancy
- taking medications that can affect blood sugar or weight,
- practice ≥ 150 minutes of physical activity per week
- against formal-indication for physical activity.
Sites / Locations
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Experimental
Control group
Intervention group
In addition to the usual monitoring of pregnancy, this group will receive information about the recommended weight gain during pregnancy and an evaluation about of their nutritional and physical activity habits.
This group will receive a regular monitoring by health professionals (nutritionist and kinesiologist) who will ensure nutritional changes and physical activity necessary to secure the adoption of a healthy lifestyle and could participate to a physical activity group session once a week until week 36 of gestation. The intervention include: A nutritional counseling every 2 weeks by a nutritionist until week 36 of gestation; a physical activity group session once a week lead by a kinesiologist until week 36 of gestation; 2 sessions of physical activity counseling (weeks 12 and 24).