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Dr. Catalano Published in The Lancet Diabetes + Endocrinology

November 24, 2021

Dr. Patrick Catalano, who has expertise in lifestyle interventions to reduce gestational weight gain among women with overweight or obesity, was an author in the paper “A telehealth lifestyle intervention to reduce excess gestational weight gain in pregnant women with overweight or obesity (GLOW): a randomised, parallel-group, controlled.”

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Dr. Patrick Catalano, who has expertise in lifestyle interventions to reduce gestational weight gain among women with overweight or obesity, was an author in the paper “A telehealth lifestyle intervention to reduce excess gestational weight gain in pregnant women with overweight or obesity (GLOW): a randomised, parallel-group, controlled.” Excess gestational weight gain (GWG) among women with overweight or obesity synergistically increases their already elevated risk of having gestational diabetes, a caesarean delivery, a large for gestational age infant, and post-partum weight retention, and increases their child's risk of obesity. The study team investigated whether a primarily telehealth lifestyle intervention reduced excess GWG among women with overweight or obesity.
 

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For details about Dr. Catalano’s ongoing study at Tufts Medical Center, Lifestyle Intervention in Preparation for Pregnancy please see the LIPP Trial.

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