Gestational diabetes & diabetes in pregnancy
Reduced-energy diet in women with gestational diabetes: the dietary intervention in gestational diabetes DiGest randomized clinical trial
Authors' conclusion
A reduced-energy diet was safe in pregnancy.
Study context
- Population
- Women with singleton pregnancies, GDM and BMI ≥25 kg m-2388 analysed at 36 weeks
- Participants
- 425 women
- Comparison
- Reduced-energy diet vs standard-energy control diet
- Interventionn = 214
- Controln = 211reference
- Primary endpoint
- Maternal weight change from enrollment to 36 weeks and offspring birth weight
- Follow-up
- 36 weeks; delivery
Methodological detailsmulticentre, parallel, double-blind, 1:1 randomization stratified by center
- Multicentre
- Parallel
- Double-blind
- 1:1 randomization stratified by center
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Each group vs controlIntervention effect (maternal weight change to 36 weeks) (95% CI)P value
Intervention
−0.20(−1.01 to 0.61)
P > 0.1- Intervention
- intervention effect (offspring standardized birth weight) 0.005 (95% CI −0.19 to 0.20); P > 0.1
Safety
- Reduced-energy diet was safe in pregnancy
Original publication
Reduced-energy diet in women with gestational diabetes: the dietary intervention in gestational diabetes DiGest randomized clinical trial. Nat Med. Published 19 February 2025. doi:10.
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