Background Overweight and obesity are related to maternal and infant physical health, such
as gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, and macrosomia. The purpose of this meta‐analysis …

Overweight and obesity have significant implications during pregnancy and childbirth. The
objective of this review was to provide a comprehensive overview of the effect of physical …

Background Obesity and being overweight are becoming epidemic, and indeed, the
proportion of such women of reproductive age has increased in recent times. Being …

Introduction The incidence of overweight and obesity in pregnancy has risen significantly in
the last decades. Overweight and obesity have been shown to increase the risk for some …

Background The effectiveness of exercise training for preventing excessive gestational
weight gain (GWG) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is still uncertain. As maternal …

Background: Clinical evidence indicates that women will benefit from regular physical
activity during pregnancy. This study aimed to summarize and update the evidence on the …

Background Perinatal growth abnormalities program susceptibility to childhood obesity,
which is further exaggerated by maternal overweight and obesity (MO) during pregnancy …

Please cite this paper as: Nascimento S, Surita F, Parpinelli M, Siani S, Pinto e Silva J. The
effect of an antenatal physical exercise programme on maternal/perinatal outcomes and …

Background Women are encouraged to be physically active during pregnancy. Despite
available evidence supporting antenatal physical activity to bring health benefits for both the …

Background. Women who are overweight or obese during pregnancy are at increased risk of
a number of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Objective. To review the literature systematically …