ArticleInternational journal of women's health2018
Prevention of gestational diabetes with a prepregnancy lifestyle intervention - findings from a randomized controlled trial.
Article in International journal of women's health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05568277 (Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Education Provided to Pregnant Women at Risk of Gestational Diabetes on Preventive Health Behaviors), which is not on this map. Cited by 28 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Education Provided to Pregnant Women at Risk of Gestational Diabetes on Preventive Health Behaviors
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.
- Preconception Interventions in Women at High Risk of Developing Gestational Diabetes: A Systematic Review.Maternal and child health journal · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of lifestyle interventions in pregnancy on gestational diabetes: individual participant data and network meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2026Pooled it
- Preconception lifestyle interventions for women-a systematic review and meta-analysis of intervention characteristics and behaviour change techniques.Human reproduction update · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of preconception weight loss interventions on fertility in women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Fertility and sterility · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of pre-pregnancy lifestyle in preventing gestational diabetes mellitus-a systematic review and meta-analysis of 257,876 pregnancies.Nutrition & diabetes · 2023Pooled it
- Preconception and periconception interventions to prevent low birth weight, small for gestational age and preterm birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ global health · 2022Pooled it
- No Effect of Prepregnancy Weight Loss Intervention on Child Weight up to Age 5.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2026Trial
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- Time restricted eating and exercise training before and during pregnancy for people with increased risk of gestational diabetes: single centre randomised controlled trial (BEFORE THE BEGINNING).BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2025Trial
- Acceptability and feasibility of a planned preconception weight loss intervention in women with long-acting reversible contraception: the Plan-it mixed-methods study.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2023Trial
- Genetic risk of type 2 diabetes modifies the effects of a lifestyle intervention aimed at the prevention of gestational and postpartum diabetes.Diabetologia · 2022Trial
- Weight loss prior to pregnancy and subsequent gestational weight gain: Prepare, a randomized clinical trial.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2021Trial
- Effects of maternal lifestyle interventions on child neurobehavioral development: Follow-up of randomized controlled trials.Scandinavian journal of psychology · 2019Trial
- Long-term effects of a preconception lifestyle intervention on cardiometabolic health of overweight and obese women.European journal of public health · 2019Trial
- Preconception Weight Loss to Prevent Childhood Obesity: Current Evidence and Research Gaps.Current obesity reports · 2026Review
- Examining the Impact of Preconception Physical Activity on Offspring Outcomes Linked to Obesity.Current obesity reports · 2026Review
- Weight management in women of reproductive age.Obesity and endocrinology · 2026Review
- Predicting Pregnancy in Preconception Weight Loss Trials: Is it Possible?Obesity science & practice · 2025Article
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- A Pregnancy and Postnatal RCT Among Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Overweight/Obesity: The PAIGE2 Study.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeLifestyle intervention studies performed during pregnancy have shown inconsistent results in relation to prevention of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the effect of an intervention initiated already before pregnancy in prevention of GDM in high-risk women. PATIENTS AND
methodsA randomized controlled trial was conducted in four Finnish maternity hospitals between the years 2008 and 2014. Altogether 228 high-risk women planning pregnancy were randomized to an intervention (n=116) or a control group (n=112). The risk factors were body mass index ≥30 kg/m
resultsWithin 12 months, 67% of the women (n=72) in the intervention group and 63% of the women (n=71) in the control group (
conclusionThe preconceptional lifestyle intervention applied in the present study did not reduce the incidence of GDM.
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