Pregnancy clinical trials at UC Irvine

• Maternal Emotions and Diet in Pregnancy

  open to eligible females ages 18-40

  This study seeks to understand how a mother's emotional state in pregnancy influences her biological response to food intake.

  Orange, California

• Emotion-Diet Interactions in Pregnancy

  Sorry, not yet accepting patients

  This study will investigate how maternal emotional state following a controlled stress exposure in pregnancy influences blood glucose and insulin levels after eating a standardized meal, and whether the effects of emotional state on blood glucose and insulin is different after eating a healthy meal (low GI) compared to a less healthy meal (high GI).

Last updated: March 3, 2021