Limiting weight gain in overweight and obese women during pregnancy to improve health outcomes - a randomised trial.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/519240

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Being overweight or obese is a major health issue for women during pregnancy and childbirth in Australia. There are well documented risks associated with obesity during pregnancy for both the mother and her baby. This randomised trial will assess whether the implementation of a package of dietary and lifestyle advice to overweight and obese pregnancy women to limit weight gain during pregnancy is effective in improving health outcomes for women and their babies.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $1,541,444.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Obstetrics And Gynaecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Diet | Dietary and lifestyle advice | Infant Health Outcomes | Intervention Study | Maternal Health Outcomes | Maternal health | Obesity | Perinatal morbidity | Randomised controlled trial

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