Physical activity and excess weight in pregnancy have independent and unique effects on delivery and perinatal outcomes.

Physical activity and excess weight in pregnancy have independent and unique effects on delivery and perinatal outcomes.

This study examines the effect of low daily physical activity levels and overweight/obesity in pregnancy on delivery and perinatal outcomes.A prospective cohort study combining manually collected postnatal notes with anonymised data linkage. A total of 466 women sampled from the Growing Up in Wales:...

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Main Authors: Kelly L Morgan, Muhammad A Rahman, Rebecca A Hill, Shang-Ming Zhou, Gunnar Bijlsma, Ashrafunnesa Khanom, Ronan A Lyons, Sinead T Brophy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3983184?pdf=render

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