Exercise During PregnancyExercise until the end of pregnancy benefits the baby and mother. We talked about normal pregnancies at low risk for preterm delivery. The Universidad Politecnica de Madrid and Korankinska Institute in Sweden have published the results of a study on the sedentary nature of obese mothers of babies. The overweight mothers who did not exercise had babies with more weight.

The study wanted to find if there was a relationship between physical activity of the mother and the baby’s weight. The study involved 160 women between 25 and 35 all with a sedentary lifestyle and no risk of premature delivery. 80 of them followed an exercise plan under the supervision of experts, did nothing other 80 sports.

Several variables were measured to assess the health of fetuses:

  • Weight
  • Size
  • Weeks of gestation

The results for height, weight, and gestation were similar trends between the exercises practiced than among those who did nothing. This indicates that the practice of exercise-in normal pregnancies, until the end of pregnancy did not affect the health of fetuses.

Another variable that was measured were maternal weight before pregnancy, fetal size and whether the woman had developed gestational diabetes. Here, if it was found that a sedentary lifestyle influenced. The weight of mothers before pregnancy if it is associated to the weight of baby. Mothers with more excess weight before pregnancy had babies who were sedentary with more weight. This relationship did not occur in women who did exercise throughout pregnancy.


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  1. Isabella
    December 7th, 2009 at 17:15
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