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The Effect of a Low Glycemic Index Diet on Blood Sugar Control in Pregnant Women at Risk for Gestational Diabetes

NCT01105455 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 103

Last updated 2013-03-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a condition in which high blood sugar levels occur during pregnancy. GDM increases the risk of medical complications during pregnancy which may harm the mother and her baby. Since treating GDM to reduce blood sugar reduces the risk of harm, all pregnant women are screened for GDM using a glucose challenge test (GCT). We think that a diet containing low glycemic index foods could help keep blood sugar levels normal during pregnancy and therefore prevent GDM. Thus, the purpose of this study is to see if a diet containing low glycemic index foods will reduced blood sugar after the GCT and reduce the prevalence of GDM in women at high risk for the development of GDM.

Conditions

  • Diabetes, Gestational

Interventions

OTHER

Nutrition education

Group nutrition classes supplemented by handouts and provision of key study foods.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Toronto

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thomas MS Wolever, BM, BCh, PhD · University of Toronto

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-03-31
Primary Completion
2011-06-30
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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