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Exercise and physical activity in pregnancy

Africa

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Physical activity and exercise during pregnancy in Africa: a review of the literature [2020]

Asia-Pacific

• BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
  • Asia-Pacific consensus on physical activity and exercise in pregnancy and the postpartum period [2021]

Australia

• Australian Family Physician
  • Exercise in pregnancy [2014]

• Department of Health and Aged Care
  • Evidence-based physical activity guidelines for pregnant women

• JMIR mHealth and uHealth
  • Evaluating Evidence-Based Content, Features of Exercise Instruction, and Expert Involvement in Physical Activity Apps for Pregnant Women: Systematic Search and Content Analysis [2022]
  • Quality, Features, and Presence of Behavior Change Techniques in Mobile Apps Designed to Improve Physical Activity in Pregnant Women: Systematic Search and Content Analysis [2021]

• Value in Health
  • A Comparison of the Cost-Effectiveness of Lifestyle Interventions in Pregnancy [2022]

• Women's Health
  • Longitudinal association of physical activity during pregnancy with maternal and infant outcomes: Findings from the Australian longitudinal study of women's health [2022]

Australia, New Zealand

• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Exercise during pregnancy [2020]

Brazil

• Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
  • Position Statement on Exercise During Pregnancy and the Post-Partum Period – 2021 [2021]

• Revista Brasileira de Atividade Física & Saúde
  • Physical activity for pregnant and postpartum women: Physical Activity Guidelines for the Brazilian Population [2021]

• Revista de Saúde Pública
  • Trend in physical activity patterns of pregnant women living in Brazilian capitals [2022]

Canada

• Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism
  • Development of the Get Active Questionnaire for Pregnancy: breaking down barriers to prenatal exercise [2022]

• BMC Public Health
  • Dissemination and implementation strategies for physical activity guidelines among adults with disability, chronic conditions, and pregnancy: a systematic scoping review [2022]

• Canadian Family Physician
  • Hot yoga and pregnancy: Fitness and hyperthermia [2014]

• Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association
  • Physical activity throughout pregnancy: guideline critical appraisal and implementation tool [2021]

• Perinatal Services BC
  • Physical Activity During Pregnancy

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • 2019 Canadian guideline for physical activity throughout pregnancy [2018]

China

• BMC Women's Health
  • Changes in physical activity across pregnancy among Chinese women: a longitudinal cohort study [2021]

Colombia

• Scientific Reports
  • Factors associated with meeting the WHO physical activity recommendations in pregnant Colombian women [2022]

Denmark

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Compliance with national recommendations for exercise during early pregnancy in a Danish cohort [2015]

Europe

• BMJ Open
  • Status and contents of physical activity recommendations in European Union countries: a systematic comparative analysis [2020]

France

• Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health
  • Beneficial Effects of Maternal Physical Activity during Pregnancy on Fetal, Newborn, and Child Health: Guidelines for Interventions during the Perinatal Period from the French National College of Midwives [2022]

High-income countries

• American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine
  • Guidelines for Physical Activity during Pregnancy: Comparisons From Around the World [2014]

International

• BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Physical activity during pregnancy: a systematic review for the assessment of current evidence with future recommendations [2022]

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • Contradictions and convergences in recommendations on physical activity in pregnancy in different countries after the publication of the WHO guidelines in 2020-a scoping review [2025]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Physical Activity during Pregnancy and Newborn Body Composition: A Systematic Review [2022]
  • Current Research Trends, Hotspots, and Frontiers of Physical Activity during Pregnancy: A Bibliometric Analysis [2022]
  • Can Group Exercise Programs Improve Health Outcomes in Pregnant Women? An Updated Systematic Review [2022]
  • Integrative Review of Exercise at Altitude during Pregnancy [2021]

• Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health
  • Clinical Practice Guidelines That Address Physical Activity and Exercise During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review [2022]

• Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
  • The association of physical activity during pregnancy with birthweight extremes: A scoping review [2024]

• Women's Health Reports
  • Professional Exercise Recommendations for Healthy Women Who Are Pregnant: A Systematic Review [2021]

Japan

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Relationship between Physical Activity and Physical and Mental Health Status in Pregnant Women: A Prospective Cohort Study of the Japan Environment and Children’s Study [2021]

Lithuania

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Women's Knowledge and Perceptions of the Effect of Exercise during Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study [2023]

Norway

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Predicting who fails to meet the physical activity guideline in pregnancy: a prospective study of objectively recorded physical activity in a population-based multi-ethnic cohort [2016]

Poland

• Ginekologia Polska
  • Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (PTGiP) and Polish Society of Sports Medicine (PTMS) recommendations on physical activity during pregnancy and the postpartum period [2023]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Impact of Physical Activity of Pregnant Women on Obstetric Outcomes [2022]
  • Physical Activity Patterns among 9000 Pregnant Women in Poland: A Cross-Sectional Study [2020]

Saudi Arabia

• Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
  • Level of exercise and physical activity among pregnant women in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review [2021]

South Africa

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Exercise during pregnancy: knowledge and beliefs of medical practitioners in South Africa: a survey study [2015]

Sweden

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Physical activity and sedentary time during pregnancy and associations with maternal and fetal health outcomes: an epidemiological study [2021]

United Kingdom

• British Journal of General Practice
  • Physical activity for pregnant women: an infographic for healthcare professionals [2017]

• Department of Health and Social Care
  • Physical activity guidelines: pregnancy and after childbirth

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Moving through Motherhood: Involving the Public in Research to Inform Physical Activity Promotion throughout Pregnancy and Beyond [2021]

United States

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • Physical Activity and Exercise During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: ACOG Committee Opinion, Number 804 [2020]

• American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM
  • Physical activity and pregnancy outcomes: an expert review [2023]

• American Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • Prevalence of U.S. Pregnant Women Meeting 2015 ACOG Physical Activity Guidelines [2016]

• Clinical Medicine Insights: Women's Health
  • Activity in Pregnancy for Patients with a History of Preterm Birth [2016]

• Cureus
  • Exercise During Pregnancy: Obstetricians’ Beliefs and Recommendations Compared to American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ 2015 Guidelines [2018]

• International Journal of Exercise Science
  • An Assessment of Mobile Applications Designed to Address Physical Activity During Pregnancy and Postpartum [2021]

• Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • Benefits of Physical Activity during Pregnancy and Postpartum: An Umbrella Review [2019]

• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • Longitudinal Changes in Physical Activity during Pregnancy: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Fetal Growth Studies [2022]

• Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Physical Activity in Pregnancy and Neonatal Body Composition: The Healthy Start Study [2014]

• Women's Health Issues
  • Exercise during pregnancy and risk of late preterm birth, cesarean delivery, and hospitalizations [2014]

Western countries

• International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Effectiveness of interventions to increase device-measured physical activity in pregnant women: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials [2022]

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour [2020]
  • WHO Guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour: Web Annex Evidence profiles [2020]

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