Clinical Trial: Optimizing GWG in Obese Pregnant Women: A Nationwide Real-World Study Using the U.S. Natality Cohort

U.S., Sept. 2 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07796815) titled 'Optimizing GWG in Obese Pregnant Women: A Nationwide Real-World Study Using the U.S. Natality Cohort' on Aug. 27.

Brief Summary: The goal of this observational study is to find out which amount of weight gain during pregnancy is safest for women with obesity and their babies.

Current guidelines recommend the same weight gain target (5 to 9 kg) for all women with obesity. However, obesity has different levels of severity. The same target may not work well for everyone.

Researchers will look at health data from about 10 million U.S. birth records between 2023 and 2025. They will focus on women aged 18 to 45 who had a single baby at ...