Clinical trial NCT01408147: Prevention of Postpartum Weight Retention in Low Income WIC Women
Official title: Prevention of Postpartum Weight Retention in Low Income WIC Women
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Obesity
Keywords: Postpartum weight retention
Low income women
WIC
Online
Lead sponsor: California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
First posted: 2011-08-03
Enrollment: 371
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 40
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study will examine the effects of an online behavioral intervention to promote weight loss in low income postpartum women in the WIC program.

Detailed description: This program is designed to reduce postpartum weight retention in low income women in the WIC program. The weight loss program will be delivered over the internet and will use behavioral weight loss techniques.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Women
* Age 18-40 years.
* Delivery within 6-52 weeks
* Exceed pre-pregnancy weight by at least 4.5 kg (10 pounds) or current body mass index (BMI) \>/= 25
* Current BMI \> 22
* English or Spanish speaking
* Has internet access at home or a landline
* Literacy of at least 5th grade reading level
* Has a cell phone

Exclusion Criteria:

* Pregnant or planning to become pregnant
* Relocating in the next year
* Serious psychological problems (untreated depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder) or medical problem (i.e. heart disease, cancer, renal disease and diabetes), for which physician supervision of diet and exercise prescription is needed.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Weight
timeFrame: 12 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Calorie Intake
timeFrame: 12 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: San Luis Obispo
country: United States
facility: California Polytechnic State University
state: California
city: Chapel Hill
country: United States
facility: University of North Carolina
state: North Carolina
Study officials:
affiliation: California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
name: Suzanne Phelan, PhD.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Phelan S, Hagobian T, Brannen A, Hatley KE, Schaffner A, Munoz-Christian K, Tate DF. Effect of an Internet-Based Program on Weight Loss for Low-Income Postpartum Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2017 Jun 20;317(23):2381-2391. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.7119.
citation: Martin CL, Tate DF, Schaffner A, Brannen A, Hatley KE, Diamond M, Munoz-Christian K, Pomeroy J, Sanchez T, Mercado A, Hagobian T, Phelan S. Acculturation Influences Postpartum Eating, Activity, and Weight Retention in Low-Income Hispanic Women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2017 Dec;26(12):1333-1339. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2016.6154. Epub 2017 Aug 17.
citation: Phelan S, Brannen A, Erickson K, Diamond M, Schaffner A, Munoz-Christian K, Stewart A, Sanchez T, Rodriguez VC, Ramos DI, McClure L, Stinson C, Tate DF. 'Fit Moms/Mamas Activas' internet-based weight control program with group support to reduce postpartum weight retention in low-income women: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2015 Feb 25;16:59. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-0573-9.
citation: Bennion KA, Tate D, Munoz-Christian K, Phelan S. Impact of an Internet-Based Lifestyle Intervention on Behavioral and Psychosocial Factors During Postpartum Weight Loss. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Oct;28(10):1860-1867. doi: 10.1002/oby.22921. Epub 2020 Sep 4.