Hesketh, KR;
Evenson, KR;
(2016)
Prevalence of U.S. Pregnant Women Meeting 2015 ACOG Physical Activity Guidelines.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
, 51
(3)
e87-e89.
10.1016/j.amepre.2016.05.023.
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Abstract
In December 2015, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) published updated physical activity (PA) guidelines for pregnant women, recommending women with uncomplicated pregnancies engage in ≥20–30 minutes/day of exercise on most days/week.1 Previous guidelines advocated ≥30 minutes/day of exercise on most days/week2; updated recommendations represent a more obtainable PA target during pregnancy. Although previous estimates indicated that few women in the U.S. accrued sufficient PA during pregnancy,3 it is important to determine how many women meet new recommendations. This paper describes the prevalence of pregnant women meeting the 2015 ACOG PA guidelines.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Prevalence of U.S. Pregnant Women Meeting 2015 ACOG Physical Activity Guidelines |
| Location: | Netherlands |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.05.023 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2016.05.023 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. on behalf of American Journal of Preventive Medicine. All rights reserved. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1508863 |
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