Motivating pregnant women to eat healthily and engage in physical activity for weight management: An exploration of routine midwife instruction

Evidence Based Midwifery

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 120-127

  Brown, Mary Jane ^a   Sinclair, Marlene ^a   Liddle, Dianne ^a   Hill, Alyson J ^a   Stockdale, Janine ^b   Madden, Elaine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b London College of Music   (United Kingdom)

^c ULSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal education; Diet; Evidence based midwifery; Exercise; Goals; Motivation; Obesity; Weight management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902203752     PISSN: 14794489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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