A Comparative Study on Dietary Style and Physical Activity of Women With and Without Gestational Diabetes

Gestational diabetes increases the risks for mother and fetus during pregnancy. As a principle of caring for diabetes, recommending patients to lose weight through more physical activities and a restrictive diet has a long history. The present study was carried out aiming at determining and comparin...

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Main Authors: Fatereh Momeni Javid, Masoumeh Simbar, Mahrokh Dolatian, Hamid Alavi Majd, Zohre Mahmoodi
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Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016-11-01
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Online Access:https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/5406
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author Fatereh Momeni Javid
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Mahrokh Dolatian
Hamid Alavi Majd
Zohre Mahmoodi
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description Gestational diabetes increases the risks for mother and fetus during pregnancy. As a principle of caring for diabetes, recommending patients to lose weight through more physical activities and a restrictive diet has a long history. The present study was carried out aiming at determining and comparing dietary style and physical activity in women with gestational diabetes and healthy pregnant women. This descriptive-comparative study was carried out simultaneously on 200 pregnant women (with gestational diabetes and healthy). Tools for data collection were questionnaires of dietary style and physical activity during pregnancy. After obtaining research informed consent from samples, sampling was done by multi-stage convenience random sampling. Data was analyzed using SPSS 21. The results of the study revealed that the demographic and obstetric variables were identical. The mean scores for the dietary style of case and control groups were 65.05 and 74.12, P<0.001 respectively. The mean scores for physical activity (inactive cases) in the two groups were 5.64 and 4.70, P<0.223, the mean scores for light activity in the two groups were 9.07 and 10.75 (P<0.059), and the mean scores for moderate activity in the two groups were 4.62 and 5.69, (P<0.042) respectively. Lower status of nutrition and physical activity of women with gestational diabetes comparing to non-diabetic pregnant women suggests a need providing sufficient and accurate information on appropriate dietary and physical activities during pregnancy.
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spelling doaj.art-9a8605bc4480465284594c32647e82ad2022-12-22T03:17:56ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesActa Medica Iranica0044-60251735-96942016-11-0154105071A Comparative Study on Dietary Style and Physical Activity of Women With and Without Gestational DiabetesFatereh Momeni Javid0Masoumeh Simbar1Mahrokh Dolatian2Hamid Alavi Majd3Zohre Mahmoodi4Department of Reproductive Health and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Reproductive Health and Midwifery, Reproductive Endocrinology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Biostatics, School of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Social Determinant, Health Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Alborz, Iran.Gestational diabetes increases the risks for mother and fetus during pregnancy. As a principle of caring for diabetes, recommending patients to lose weight through more physical activities and a restrictive diet has a long history. The present study was carried out aiming at determining and comparing dietary style and physical activity in women with gestational diabetes and healthy pregnant women. This descriptive-comparative study was carried out simultaneously on 200 pregnant women (with gestational diabetes and healthy). Tools for data collection were questionnaires of dietary style and physical activity during pregnancy. After obtaining research informed consent from samples, sampling was done by multi-stage convenience random sampling. Data was analyzed using SPSS 21. The results of the study revealed that the demographic and obstetric variables were identical. The mean scores for the dietary style of case and control groups were 65.05 and 74.12, P<0.001 respectively. The mean scores for physical activity (inactive cases) in the two groups were 5.64 and 4.70, P<0.223, the mean scores for light activity in the two groups were 9.07 and 10.75 (P<0.059), and the mean scores for moderate activity in the two groups were 4.62 and 5.69, (P<0.042) respectively. Lower status of nutrition and physical activity of women with gestational diabetes comparing to non-diabetic pregnant women suggests a need providing sufficient and accurate information on appropriate dietary and physical activities during pregnancy.https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/5406Gestational diabetesPregnancyPhysical activityDiet
spellingShingle Fatereh Momeni Javid
Masoumeh Simbar
Mahrokh Dolatian
Hamid Alavi Majd
Zohre Mahmoodi
A Comparative Study on Dietary Style and Physical Activity of Women With and Without Gestational Diabetes
Acta Medica Iranica
Gestational diabetes
Pregnancy
Physical activity
Diet
title A Comparative Study on Dietary Style and Physical Activity of Women With and Without Gestational Diabetes
title_full A Comparative Study on Dietary Style and Physical Activity of Women With and Without Gestational Diabetes
title_fullStr A Comparative Study on Dietary Style and Physical Activity of Women With and Without Gestational Diabetes
title_full_unstemmed A Comparative Study on Dietary Style and Physical Activity of Women With and Without Gestational Diabetes
title_short A Comparative Study on Dietary Style and Physical Activity of Women With and Without Gestational Diabetes
title_sort comparative study on dietary style and physical activity of women with and without gestational diabetes
topic Gestational diabetes
Pregnancy
Physical activity
Diet
url https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/5406
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