Efficacy of Family-based Dietary Counseling During Pregnancy on Gestational Weight Gain in Pregnant Women in a Randomized Controlled Trial

Efficacy of Family-based Dietary Counseling During Pregnancy on Gestational Weight Gain in Pregnant Women

The study aims to evaluate the efficacy of a family-based dietary monitoring during pregnancy on gestational weight gain in pregnant women. The study will be conducted as a randomized controlled trial, women will be randomly allocated into two groups: a group receiving family-based dietary monitoring, and a control group receiving individual dietary monitoring per standard recommendation.

Inclusion Criteria:

Adult (+18 years old) Pregnant woman who can be accompanied by a member of the household, adult sharing at least 1 meal per day with her. Affiliated to the social security. French speaking person (read/written and spoken). Single pregnancy between 8 SA and 16 SA. Starting BMI between 18.5 and 35

Exclusion Criteria:

• Person under legal protection or guardianship
• Women suffering from a disease requiring a dietary follow-up:
• Type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
• Gestational diabetes diagnosed on the basis of fasting blood sugar.
• History of bariatric surgery.
• Eating disorders.
• Metabolic pathologies leading to special diets (phenylketonuria).
• Digestive pathologies (with an indication) with special diets
• Women who have lost more than 10% of their weight at the beginning of pregnancy