[HTML][HTML] Randomized trial of a behavioral intervention to prevent excessive gestational weight gain: the Fit for Delivery Study

S Phelan, MG Phipps, B Abrams, F Darroch… - The American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Background: Excessive weight gain during pregnancy is a major risk factor for postpartum
weight retention and future weight gain and obesity in women, but few adequately powered
randomized controlled trials have examined the efficacy of a behavioral weight-control
intervention during pregnancy. Objective: This study examined whether a behavioral
intervention during pregnancy could decrease the proportion of women who exceeded the
1990 Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations for gestational weight gains and increase …