Impact of physical activity level on gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention
Section: TEACHING TO LEARN
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Pérez Martínez E, González Sánchez I, Lacalle Senent M, Rodríguez Armell M, Sánchez Ballesteros J. Técnicas de reproducción asistida. Educare21 2013; 11(10). Disponible en: http://www.enfermeria21.com/revistas/educare/
Authors
1Enrique Ramón Arbués, 2Blanca Martínez Abadía, 3Susana Martín Gómez, 2Raúl Juárez Vela
Position
1Profesor en el Grado en Enfermería. Universidad San Jorge de Zaragoza. Enfermera especialista en Obstetricia y Ginecología (matrona). Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet de Zaragoza. 2Profesor en el Grado en Enfermería. Universidad San Jorge de Zaragoza. 3Enfermera especialista en Obstetricia y Ginecología (matrona). Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet de Zaragoza.
Contact email: ramonarbues@hotmail.com
Abstract
Purpose: To analyze the effect of physical activity on weight gain over pregnancy and weight retention after childbirth.
Material and methods: A descriptive longitudinal analysis in a sample consisting of 133 women. Data on physical activity and weight course during pregnancy and postpartum were collected.
Results: Mean weight gain during pregnancy was close to 14 kg and weight retention three months after childbirth was about 5 kg. No statistically significant relationship was observed between weight changes and physical activity.
Conclusions: The extent of physical activity effectiveness in controlling gestational weight gain and weight retention after childbirth is not clear. Further studies are warranted to elucidate such an association.
Keywords:
Pregnancy; postpartum; weight gain; motor activitypostpartum weight
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