Summary: |
Despite the benefits described for either the mother or the baby, there is still a poor adherence to physical exercise during pregnancy.
This has contributed to the low frequency of physical exercise before pregnancy, reflecting the insufficient adhesion of our population to healthy lifestyles. It appears that there is little evidence available addressing this issue in Portuguese samples. The project's main objective was to determine the levels of physical activity before and across pregnancy and its influence on physical and psychological status of women, as well as the morphologic parameters of the child in the first year of life.There will be carried out a longitudinal study in a cohort of pregant women. |