Physical activity and gestational weight gain: a systematic review of observational studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Now that excessive weight gain during pregnancy is recognized as leading to complications during pregnancy that affect foetal growth, limiting weight gain during pregnancy has become a public health concern. Our aim was to perform a systematic review to assess whether observational studies reported associations between Physical Activity (PA) and Gestational Weight Gain (GWG). We were particularly interested in whether insufficient PA might be associated with high GWG.

Methods

Using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, we searched the MEDLINE ® databases for articles published up to February 2020 concerning case-control, cohort, and ecological studies assessing the association between PA during pregnancy and the ri

SUBMITTER: Hamann V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9585865 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature