Purpose: To summarize the evidence from the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory
Committee Scientific Report, including new evidence from an updated search of the effects …

Background: Maternal obesity, excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) and post-partum
weight retention (PPWR) constitute new public health challenges, due to the association …

Background Overweight and obesity pose a big challenge to pregnancy as they are
associated with adverse maternal and perinatal outcome. Evidence of lifestyle intervention …

Objective To study the strength and validity of associations between adiposity and risk of any
type of obstetric or gynaecological conditions. Design An umbrella review of meta-analyses …

The prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus has increased rapidly over the past
few decades, and prevention efforts have not been successful. Fetal programming involves …

OBJECTIVE: To review the effectiveness of physical activity (PA) and PA plus diet
interventions in managing weight among overweight or obese (OW/OB) pregnant or …

Purpose Physical activity (PA) typically declines throughout pregnancy. Low levels of PA are
associated with excessive weight gain and subsequently increase risk of pre-eclampsia …

Abstract At The Power of Programming 2014 Conference, researchers from multiple
disciplines presented and discussed the effects of early nutrition and other environmental …

Obesity is now recognized as a worldwide epidemic. An inadequate diet and reduced
physical activity are acknowledged as the leading causes of excess body weight. Despite …

Objective To assess whether antenatal exercise in overweight/obese women would improve
maternal and perinatal outcomes. Design Two‐arm parallel randomised controlled trial …