Can physical activity reduce excessive gestational weight gain? Findings from a Chinese urban pregnant women cohort study

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Jiang, Hong ^a   Qian, Xu ^a   Li, Mu ^b   Lynn, Henry ^a   Fan, Yanyan ^c   Jiang, Hongyi ^c   He, Fengling ^c   He, Gengsheng ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Excessive; Gestational weight gain; Physical activity; Pregnant women; Step count

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SITTING; WEIGHT GAIN; ADULT; CHINA; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

ADULT; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856789590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-12     Document Type: Article

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