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  • Metabolic Disorders
  • Maternal-Fetal Medicine

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  • Intergenerational transmission of obesity and diabetes necessitates improved maternal health strategies.
  • Women of reproductive age are a key target for interventions to mitigate these risks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review prenatal and preconception clinical trials for managing maternal health and intergenerational risks.
  • To identify gaps and future directions for effective interventions.

Main Methods:

  • Narrative review of existing prenatal and preconception clinical trial data.
  • Analysis of intervention impacts on maternal weight, gestational diabetes, and offspring outcomes.

Main Results:

  • Prenatal interventions yielded limited gestational weight gain and reduced gestational diabetes (20-30%) and macrosomia (20-40%), with minimal long-term offspring benefits.
  • Preconception trials showed weight reduction (3-9 kg) and improved glucose metabolism, but sustained effects and offspring outcomes remain unclear.
  • Evidence for reducing offspring obesity and diabetes risks from either intervention type is currently lacking.

Conclusions:

  • Effective, scalable preconception strategies are urgently needed, particularly for high-risk, diverse populations.
  • Future trials must prioritize interventions with dissemination potential, diverse cohorts, comprehensive phenotyping, and long-term offspring outcome assessment.