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Meal Delivery for Healthy Eating During Pregnancy

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Led By Camille S Worthington, PhD

Research Sponsored by University of Alabama at Birmingham

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up first prenatal visit through delivery (collected once at study end from medical record)

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial is testing whether a meal delivery intervention can help improve diet quality and promote appropriate gestational weight gain among pregnant women who are overweight or obese.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for Black and low-income pregnant women with overweight or obesity who are Medicaid eligible, have a household income below 185% of the federal poverty line, aged 18+, less than 19 weeks into a singleton pregnancy, planning to deliver at UAB, living within the meal delivery area, and willing to consent. Excluded are those unwilling/unable to eat study meals or communicate in English, on weight-impacting meds, with severe health conditions or psychiatric disorders.

What is being tested?

The study tests if delivering healthy meals can improve diet quality and manage weight gain during pregnancy. It will check how feasible and acceptable this service is among participants; measure changes in their eating habits; assess impacts on gestational weight gain and blood pressure; compare results against data from similar patients not receiving the intervention.

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves meal delivery rather than medication or medical procedures, there aren't typical side effects as seen in drug trials. However, dietary changes may cause digestive adjustments or food sensitivities.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ first prenatal visit through delivery (collected once at study end from medical record)

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~first prenatal visit through delivery (collected once at study end from medical record)

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and first prenatal visit through delivery (collected once at study end from medical record) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary study objectives

Change in Healthy Eating Index score from baseline to follow-up

Secondary study objectives

Change in Barriers to Healthy Eating

Change in Food Security

Change in Participant Satisfaction with Diet

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Other study objectives

Change in Blood Pressure

Gestational weight gain

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

1Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Meal DeliveryExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Behavioral intervention program designed to improve diet quality and promote healthy weight gain in women with overweight/obesity through meal delivery and behavioral strategies during pregnancy.

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