Gestational Exercise and Maternal and Child Health: Effects until Delivery and at Post-Natal Follow-up.

ABSTRACT: We studied the influence of pregnancy exercise on maternal/offspring cardiometabolic health until delivery and at follow-up. We pooled data from two randomized controlled trials from our group that were performed following the same methodology (one unpublished). We also collected follow-up data de novo from the participants of both trials and their offspring. In total, 1348 women with uncomplicated, singleton gestations were assigned to an intervention (n = 688, performing a supervised, moderate-intensity exercise program (three sessions/week)) or control group (n = 660). Maternal outcomes were excessive gestational weight gain (EGWG), gestational hypertension/diabetes and, at follow-up, return to pre-pregnancy weight within six months, hypertension, overweight/obesity, and o

SUBMITTER: Perales M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7074577 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature