An investigation into regional medical practitioners' knowledge of exercise during pregnancy guidelines

Melanie Hayman (9802865)
M Taranto (9884315)
P Reaburn (9852716)
Stephanie Alley (9781514)
CE Short (9640004)

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December 2017

Abstract

Increasing physical activity (PA) behaviours amongAustralian pregnant women is recognised as a nationalhealth priority.1This priority arises from the well-established link between physical activity during preg-nancy and health beneﬁts for both mother and herunborn child.2Despite these beneﬁts, research suggeststhat <35% of Australian pregnant women are cur-rently meeting exercise during pregnancy guidelines3which recommend an accumulation of at least150 min of moderate-vigorous PA per week, consistingof both aerobic and resistance-based activity.2The priority to increase PA among pregnant womenis further ampliﬁed in rural, regional and remote Aus-tralia where pregnant women report lower levels ofPA, poorer maternal outcomes and reduced acce...

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