Effect of Intervention With Diet and Physical Activity in Obese Pregnant Women

Effect of Lifestyleintervention With Diet and Physical Activity in Obese Pregnant Women

Purpose: To evaluate if lifestyle intervention (diet and exercise) can reduce maternal weight gain, the incidence of pregnancy complications and minimize the number of macrosomic infants.

Obese pregnant women with a BMI>30 are randomized to Diet + Exercise, Exercise or control (1:1:1) in order to reduce maternal weight gain to less than 5 kg during pregnancy.

The effect on the children of mothers in this study is evaluated in the study: Is it possible to reduce the Number of Macrosomic Infants With Abundant Fat Tissue by Lifestyle Intervention during Pregnancy (NCT01235676)

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age >18 years
• BMI > 30
• Singleton pregnancy
• Must speak and understand Danish

Exclusion Criteria:

• Alcohol or drug abuse
• Diabetes type I or other critical medical disease.