FirstWIND: Weight Loss Interventions After Delivery

Johns Hopkins University50 enrolled

Overview

This a pilot intervention study in which postpartum women will be randomized to receive a 6-month postpartum weight loss intervention or usual care.

Overweight and obesity affect over 15 million adult women in the United States. Postpartum weight retention has been shown to be one factor contributing to weight retention, obesity and possible development of type 2 diabetes. African-American women and other minority women are at especially high risk for the development of obesity and type 2 diabetes. We propose to pilot a six-month postpartum-specific lifestyle intervention among urban-based, postpartum African-American women.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Overweight Obesity

Interventions

lifestyle interventionBEHAVIORAL

Lifestyle modification including individual sessions with an interventionist to discuss dietary intake and exercise. Group sessions with other participants randomized to the lifestyle intervention to discuss lifestyle modification and group exercise.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Postpartum women with a pre-pregnancy or first trimester body mass index of 28 or greater or a history of gestational diabetes in the most recent pregnancy. Exclusion Criteria: * Current cardiac disease or serious chronic disease, including cancer.

Locations (1)

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

weight loss

Time frame: baseline, 3 months, and 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

health status

Time frame: baseline and six months

body mass index

Time frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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