Lifestyle intervention before and during fertility treatment in women with obesity or with overweight and PCOS—a RCT
Compared with usual care, a lifestyle intervention alone for 6 months and then combined with fertility treatments did not increase the 18-month rate of pregnancies leading to a live birth, but significantly increased natural pregnancy rates, potentially reducing the need for costly assisted reproduction in this population.
Authors
- Hélène B. Lavoie
- Farrah Jean-Denis
- Belina Carranza‐Mamane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4871-0082)
- Marie‐France Langlois (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4011-8105)
- M. Sagle
- Ellen Greenblatt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5887-3806)
- Sheila Laredo
- Jean‐Patrice Baillargeon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1336-081X)
- Marie-Hélène Pesant
- Youssef Ainmelk
- Matea Bélan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0969-9570)
- Guy Waddell
- Madélie Giguère-Johnson
Institutions
- Mount Sinai Hospital (CA)
- Université de Sherbrooke (CA)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CA)
- Toronto East General Hospital (CA)
- Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Published
- 2025-12-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgaf660
- Primary Topic
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00