Obesity Prevention from Conception: A Workshop to Guide the Development of a Pan-Canadian Trial Targeting the Gestational Period

Kristi B. Adamo; Garry X. Shen; Michelle Mottola; Simony Nascimento; Sonia Jean-Philippe; Zachary M. Ferraro; Kara Nerenberg; Graeme Smith; Radha Ohari; Laura Gaudet; Helena Piccinini-Vallis; Sarah McDonald; Stephanie Atkinson; Ariane Godbout; Julie Robitaille; Sandra T. Davidge; Andrée Gruslin; Denis Prud'homme; Dawn Stacey; Melissa Rossiter; Gary S. Goldfield; Jodie Dodd

doi:10.4137/NMI.S14146

Nutrition and Metabolic Insights (Jan 2014)

Obesity Prevention from Conception: A Workshop to Guide the Development of a Pan-Canadian Trial Targeting the Gestational Period

Kristi B. Adamo,
Garry X. Shen,
Michelle Mottola,
Simony Nascimento,
Sonia Jean-Philippe,
Zachary M. Ferraro,
Kara Nerenberg,
Graeme Smith,
Radha Ohari,
Laura Gaudet,
Helena Piccinini-Vallis,
Sarah McDonald,
Stephanie Atkinson,
Ariane Godbout,
Julie Robitaille,
Sandra T. Davidge,
Andrée Gruslin,
Denis Prud'homme,
Dawn Stacey,
Melissa Rossiter,
Gary S. Goldfield,
Jodie Dodd

Affiliations

Kristi B. Adamo: Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Garry X. Shen: Diabetes Research Group, Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Michelle Mottola: R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation–-Exercise and Pregnancy Lab, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Simony Nascimento: Obstetric Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Sonia Jean-Philippe: Healthy Active Living Obesity, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Zachary M. Ferraro: Healthy Active Living Obesity, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Kara Nerenberg: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Graeme Smith: Queen's Perinatal Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Radha Ohari: Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Laura Gaudet: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Moncton Hospital, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Helena Piccinini-Vallis: Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
Sarah McDonald: Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Stephanie Atkinson: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Ariane Godbout: Endocrinology Division, Department of Medicine, Centre de Recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Julie Robitaille: Département des sciences des aliments et de nutrition, Institut sur la nutrition et les aliments fonctionnels, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada.
Sandra T. Davidge: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Andrée Gruslin: Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Care, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Denis Prud'homme: Institut de Recherche de l'Hôpital Montfort, School of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Dawn Stacey: School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Melissa Rossiter: Department of Applied Human Nutrition, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Gary S. Goldfield: Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Jodie Dodd: Discipline of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, School of Paediatrics & Reproductive Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4137/NMI.S14146
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7

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This report summarizes a meeting, Obesity Prevention from Conception , held in Ottawa in 2012. This planning workshop was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to bring together researchers with expertise in the area of maternal obesity (OB) and weight gain in pregnancy and pregnancy-related disease to attend a one-day workshop and symposium to discuss the development of a cross-Canada lifestyle intervention trial for targeting pregnant women. This future intervention will aim to reduce downstream OB in children through encouraging appropriate weight gain during the mother's pregnancy. The workshop served to (i) inform the development of a lifestyle intervention for women with a high pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), (ii) identify site investigators across Canada, and (iii) guide the development of a grant proposal focusing on the health of mom and baby. A brief summary of the presentations as well as the focus groups is presented for use in planning future research.

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