Trial Summary
What is the purpose of this trial?This study is being done to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary impact of a meal delivery intervention designed to improve diet quality and promote appropriate gestational weight gain among predominantly Black and low-income pregnant women with overweight or obesity. This will be done by 1) assessing the feasibility and acceptability of the meal delivery intervention; 2) investigating changes in patient-reported diet quality, barriers to healthy eating, and food security; and 3) exploring the preliminary impact of the meal delivery intervention on gestational weight gain and blood pressure and estimate the effect size of the intervention relative to a de-identified non-randomized control group that will be derived from de-identified hospital records.
Eligibility Criteria
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.Inclusion Criteria
Body mass index >= 25
Residing within the meal company's delivery radius
Planning to deliver at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Exclusion Criteria
Planned termination of the current pregnancy
I am taking medication that can greatly affect my weight.
Known fetal anomaly
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Participant Groups
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.
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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University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, AL
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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
University of Alabama at BirminghamLead Sponsor
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)Collaborator