ArticleActa obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica2025
Lifestyle-based and psychological interventions during pregnancy and risk of obesity and obesity-associated metabolic complications in the offspring: A scoping review.
Article in Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Lifestyle-based and psychological interventions during pregnancy and risk of obesity and obesity-associated metabolic complications in the offspring: A scoping review.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors.
Funding
Abstract
introductionObesity is a major global health challenge. Maternal health issues may increase the risk for obesity and associated conditions in the offspring, emphasizing the importance of successful interventions during pregnancy. However, systematic data are lacking. MATERIAL AND
methodsA systematic literature review of the effectiveness of maternal interventions in preventing childhood obesity and associated metabolic comorbidities was conducted. The search was conducted by two independent reviewers using PubMed, Scopus, ScienceDirect, and reference screening for relevant studies published between 1990 and 2023. Interventions were included that were lifestyle-based, but those with psychological components were also eligible for inclusion. Only studies with data on offspring anthropometrics and/or metabolic comorbidities after age ≥2 years were included.
resultsAltogether 22 studies met the inclusion criteria, 14 with physical activity and dietary components, six with one or the other of these, and two with other interventions. Of the studies combining diet and physical activity, eight reported reductions in gestational weight gain and two less gestational diabetes. One study reported lower offspring body mass index in compliant participants and another lower resting pulse rate. Of the studies with only a dietary or physical activity component or other interventions, four reported lower gestational weight gain. One of these reported lower weight and skinfold thickness in the offspring and another lower fasting glucose.
conclusionsA limited number of studies have evaluated offspring outcomes beyond the neonatal period. Lifestyle-based interventions including psychological components are particularly scarce. The research conducted demonstrated only a minor impact on childhood anthropometric and metabolic outcomes; however, the interpretation of these findings is hampered by a considerable risk of bias, largely due to missing offspring data.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What Socratic holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.