Trial reportBMC medicine2019
Effects of a lifestyle intervention during pregnancy to prevent excessive gestational weight gain in routine care - the cluster-randomised GeliS trial.
Trial report in BMC medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01958307 (Healthy Living in Pregnancy), which is not on this map. Cited by 52 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Healthy Living in Pregnancy
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 101 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Effective Implementation Strategies for Delivering Nutritional Interventions through the Health System to Prevent Malnutrition during Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of lifestyle interventions in pregnancy on gestational diabetes: individual participant data and network meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2026Pooled it
- Preventive effects of different types of exercises during pregnancy on gestational diabetes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Behavior change techniques in pregnancy dietary interventions: a systematic review through the lens of the COM-B model.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness and implementation of lower-intensity weight management interventions delivered by the non-specialist workforce in postnatal women: a mixed-methods systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Key Components of Antenatal Lifestyle Interventions to Optimize Gestational Weight Gain: Secondary Analysis of a Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2023Pooled it
- Implementation of Antenatal Lifestyle Interventions Into Routine Care: Secondary Analysis of a Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2022Pooled it
- Association of Antenatal Diet and Physical Activity-Based Interventions With Gestational Weight Gain and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA internal medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of Maternal Exercise During Pregnancy on Perinatal Growth and Childhood Obesity Outcomes: A Meta-analysis and Meta-regression.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Pooled it
- Child somatic growth and neurodevelopment: effects of pregnancy lifestyle intervention.Pediatric research · 2025Trial
- The implementation of online and offline hybrid weight management approach for pregnant women based on the Fogg behavior model in Hainan, China: a pilot randomized controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Trial
- 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
- Are pre- and early pregnancy lifestyle factors associated with the risk of preterm birth? A secondary cohort analysis of the cluster-randomised GeliS trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Trial
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- Prenatal Counseling throughout Pregnancy: Effects on Physical Activity Level, Perceived Barriers, and Perinatal Health Outcomes: A Quasi-Experimental Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Evaluation of antenatal risk factors for postpartum depression: a secondary cohort analysis of the cluster-randomised GeliS trial.BMC medicine · 2020Trial
- Effects of a lifestyle intervention in routine care on prenatal physical activity - findings from the cluster-randomised GeliS trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Trial
- Effects of Combined Diet and Physical Activity on Gestational Weight Gain in Low-Risk Pregnant Women Based on the TIDieR Checklist: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and associations with adverse pregnancy outcomes in the Faroe Islands: a population-based study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundExcessive gestational weight gain (GWG) leads to obstetric complications, maternal postpartum weight retention and an increased risk of offspring obesity. The GeliS study examines the effect of a lifestyle intervention during pregnancy on the proportion of women with excessive GWG and pregnancy and obstetric complications, as well as the long-term risk of maternal and infant obesity.
methodsThe GeliS study is a cluster-randomised multicentre controlled trial including 2286 women with a pre-pregnancy BMI between 18.5 and 40.0 kg/m
resultsThe intervention did not result in a significant reduction of women showing excessive GWG (adjusted OR 0.95, 95% CI 0.66-1.38, p = 0.789), with 45.1% and 45.7% of women in the intervention and control groups, respectively, gaining weight above the Institute of Medicine recommendations. Gestational diabetes mellitus was diagnosed in 10.8% and 11.1% of women in the intervention and control groups, respectively (p = 0.622). Mean birth weight and length were slightly lower in the intervention group (3313 ± 536 g vs. 3363 ± 498 g, p = 0.020; 51.1 ± 2.7 cm vs. 51.6 ± 2.5 cm, p = 0.001).
conclusionIn the setting of routine prenatal care, lifestyle advice given by trained healthcare providers was not successful in limiting GWG and pregnancy complications. Nevertheless, the potential long-term effects of the intervention remain to be assessed.
trial registrationNCT01958307 , ClinicalTrials.gov, retrospectively registered October 9, 2013.
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