Mother Infant Nutrition Study

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · Oct 16, 2019

Keywords

ClinConnect Summary

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations were established with limited evidence showing how the pattern of weight gain is associated with short-and long-term health of mothers and their children. Previous studies evaluated the impact of overall gestational weight gain pattern across gestation using latent class analysis and others have evaluated maternal weight change pattern-by trimester or early/late pregnancy-on offspring size and adiposity. However, it remains unclear if there are weight gain trajectories or specific periods of weight gain that are associated with greater adiposi...

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. \<16 weeks gestation
• • 2. Age \>18 years old
• • 3. BMI \<35 kg/m2
• • 4. Width \<48 cm
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Diabetes
• • 2. Claustrophobia
• • 3. Recent weight loss of \>5% of body weight before pregnancy
• • 4. Weight-loss related surgery
• • 5. Currently breastfeeding
• • 6. Smoking
• • 7. Presence of any mechanically or magnetically activated implants, or any other contraindication for MRI