Grocery Delivery to Support Healthy Weight Gain Among Pregnant Young Women With Low Income: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Marika Waselewski, Melissa Plegue, Kendrin Sonneville, Ken Resnicow, Aisha Ghumman, Cara Ebbeling, Elham Mahmoudi, Ananda Sen, Julia A Wolfson, Tammy Chang, Marika Waselewski, Melissa Plegue, Kendrin Sonneville, Ken Resnicow, Aisha Ghumman, Cara Ebbeling, Elham Mahmoudi, Ananda Sen, Julia A Wolfson, Tammy Chang

Abstract

Background: Excessive weight gain during pregnancy is associated with complications for both the mother and her infant including gestational diabetes, hypertensive disorders, operative delivery, and long-term obesity. A healthy diet during pregnancy promotes healthy gestational weight gain and determines fetal epigenetic programming in infants that impacts risk for future chronic disease.

Objective: This project will examine the impact of grocery delivery during pregnancy on the weight, diet, and health outcomes of young pregnant women and their infants.

Methods: A three-arm randomized controlled trial design will be performed. A total of 855 young pregnant women, aged 14-24 years, from across the state of Michigan will be enrolled and randomized equally into the three study arms. Participants in arm one (control) will receive usual care from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); arm two will receive WIC plus biweekly grocery delivery; and arm three will receive WIC plus biweekly grocery and unsweetened beverage delivery. Weight will be assessed weekly during pregnancy, and total pregnancy weight gain will be categorized as above, below, or within guidelines. Additionally, dietary intake will be assessed at three time points (baseline, second trimester, and third trimester), and pregnancy outcomes will be extracted from medical records. The appropriateness of pregnancy weight gain, diet quality, and occurrence of poor outcomes will be compared between groups using standard practices for multinomial regression and confounder adjustment.

Results: This study was funded in April 2021, data collection started in December 2021, and data collection is expected to be concluded in 2026.

Conclusions: This study will test whether grocery delivery of healthy foods improves weight, diet, and pregnancy outcomes of young moms with low income. The findings will inform policies and practices that promote a healthy diet during pregnancy, which has multigenerational impacts on health.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05000645; https://ichgcp.net/clinical-trials-registry/NCT05000645.

International registered report identifier (irrid): DERR1-10.2196/40568.

Keywords: diet; grocery delivery; pregnancy; weight.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: None declared.

©Marika Waselewski, Melissa Plegue, Kendrin Sonneville, Ken Resnicow, Aisha Ghumman, Cara Ebbeling, Elham Mahmoudi, Ananda Sen, Julia A Wolfson, Tammy Chang. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 05.08.2022.

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Participant study timeline. WIC: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.

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