The purpose of this study is to evaluate pedometer use by overweight women during pregnancy. The study will show if a pedometer will help women to limit weight gain during pregnancy. It will also show if it there are other benefits such as decreased diabetes, decreased high blood pressure, decreased rates of cesarean section, and decreased complications for the baby.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
200
Pedometer provided, counseling on pedometer use and step recommendations of 10,000 steps per day, handouts given every 4 weeks to encourage exercise
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Obstetrics Clinic
Palo Alto, California, United States
Excessive gestational weight gain
Gestational weight gain greater than Institute of Medicine recommendations
Time frame: At delivery
Postpartum weight
Time frame: 6 weeks postpartum
Weight at 1 year postpartum
Time frame: 1 year postpartum
Gestational diabetes
Time frame: During pregnancy
Hemoglobin A1c
Time frame: 24-28 weeks gestation
Infant birth weight
Time frame: At delivery
Mode of delivery
Time frame: At delivery
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Time frame: During pregnancy
Neonatal intensive care unit admission or neonatal complications
Time frame: Up to 1 week after delivery
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