Status:
COMPLETED
Fatty Acids During Pregnancy and Lactation and Body Fat Mass in Newborns
Lead Sponsor:
Technical University of Munich
Collaborating Sponsors:
Else Kröner-Fresenius-Foundation; International Unilever-Foundation; Danone Research
EU funding by EARNEST consortium;German Ministry of Education and Research GF-GFGI01120708)
Conditions:
Overweight
Obesity
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18-43 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Pregnant and lactating women receive n-3 fatty acids starting from week 15 of gestation until 4 months post-partum (pp) in comparison to a control group, who only gets information about adequately hea...
Detailed Description
The prevalence of overweight and obese children and adolescents dramatically increased during the last two decades. In Germany every 5th school child is overweight and 4 - 8% of all children are obese...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Gestational age \<= 15th week of gestation
- Age: 18-43 years
- Written informed consent
- Body mass index (BMI) before pregnancy between 18 and 30 km/m2
Exclusion
- High risk pregnancy
- Hypertonus
- Chronic diseases (i.e. diabetes mellitus)
- Psychiatric diseases
- Former supplementation with LC-PUFA
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
208 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00362089
Start Date
June 1 2006
End Date
November 1 2010
Last Update
February 4 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Else Kröner-Fresenius-Zentrum für Ernährungsmedizin, Technische Universität München
Munich, Germany, 81675