A 2 arm feasibility trial to support postnatal weight management
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A two arm feasibility trial of lifestyle information and Slimming World groups to promote weight management and positive lifestyle behaviour in postnatal women from an ethnically diverse inner city population
IRAS ID
179204
Contact name
Debra Bick
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 11 months, 29 days
Research summary
Many women are overweight or obese when they become pregnant, or gain more pregnancy weight than they need to. They are more likely to suffer diabetes or high blood pressure and to have ongoing weight problems, increasing the risk of poor outcomes in future pregnancies and long term health conditions such as heart disease. Babies of women who are overweight or obese are more likely to have heavier birthweight, congenital birth defects, to be stillborn or to become obese themselves. Women who live in disadvantaged communities are more likely to have weight management problems. Developing good quality postnatal advice on diet and lifestyle is an important way of supporting women these women. However, it is unclear how or when to engage women and support them. We want to study if attendance at Slimming World groups, supported by good quality information on healthy lifestyles, could support women in a deprived inner city population to better manage their postnatal weight and increase positive health behaviours, such as breastfeeding, physical activity and stopping smoking. Firstly, we need to conduct a feasibility study, to see whether running a much larger scale study is likely to succeed. This will enable us to see if women would take part in a study where they will be randomly selected to intervention or usual care only groups. We want to know how many eligible women could be recruited, and how long it would take to recruit; if it is possible to weigh women who are normal weight at the start of pregnancy later in their pregnancy to measure weight gain during pregnancy; if women would be willing to be randomised; when best to start postnatal weight-management;if women will attend Slimming World groups if randomised to the intervention; and what effect the intervention has on outcomes that maybe important.
REC name
London - Camberwell St Giles Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/LO/1422
Date of REC Opinion
2 Sep 2016
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion