NCT01668316.

Trial name or title	Get active and eat right: moms at work (GEM)
Methods	Parallel‐RCT
Participants	78 women Setting: USA Inclusion criteria ≥ 18 years 10‐14 weeks postpartum University faculty, staff, and students BMI 25‐35 kg/m² or at least 4.5 kg heavier than pre‐pregnancy weight English speaking Exclusion criteria Smoker Chronic disease BMI > 35 kg/m²
Interventions	Intervention A 12‐week programme will be provided with biweekly meetings with a registered dietician in the workplace. Participants will be prescribed a reduced calorie diet and asked to track their diet 3 days per week using the online USDA MyPlate SuperTracker. This record will be accessed by the dietician in order to provide diet recommendations sent by email. Participants will be given an exercise prescription, and encouraged to walk briskly with a provided pedometer or exercise at the campus Recreation Center every day. Participants will be asked to record the number of steps and other physical activity in a log book. Participants will meet with the research staff every other week to measure weight, waist and hip circumference, and record the steps from the pedometer. Participants will be encouraged to breastfeed their baby and provided with resources for pumping breast milk at work. Control group: women will be asked not to change their dietary or physical activity habits.
Outcomes	Primary outcome measures Weight loss and change in body composition: measuring change in weight, waist and hip circumference, and body fat percentage to assess the degree of weight loss and change in body composition at baseline and after the 12 week intervention Secondary outcome measures Cholesterol: measuring changes in total cholesterol, LDL, and HDL at baseline and after the 12‐week intervention.
Starting date	July 2012
Contact information	Elyse Shearer and Cheryl Lovelady, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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