Maternal Recreational Exercise during Pregnancy in relation to Children’s BMI at 7 Years of Age

Andersen, Camilla Schou; Juhl, Mette; Gamborg, Michael; Sørensen, Thorkild I. A.; Nøhr, Ellen Aagaard

doi:10.1155/2012/920583

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“…Pre-pregnancy maternal BMI is a strong predictor of a child’s BMI (Schou Andersen et al, 2012). Parental obesity is a primary risk factor for child obesity and for child obesity tracking into adulthood (Whitaker et al, 1998).…”

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Influence of maternal obesity, diet and exercise on epigenetic regulation of adipocytes

Dhasarathy

Roemmich

Claycombe

2017

Molecular Aspects of Medicine

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Section: Epigenetics Mechanisms Of Obesity: An Overviewmentioning

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Influence of maternal obesity, diet and exercise on epigenetic regulation of adipocytes

Dhasarathy

Roemmich

Claycombe

2017

Molecular Aspects of Medicine

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“…The studies on the influence of the in utero environment show that it has effects on infants and throughout childhood into adulthood [33], which is in accordance with developmental origins hypothesis. PA during pregnancy has a positive effect on the offspring which was shown in the Danish National Birth Cohort study, with lower body mass index (BMI) and lower frequency of obesity at the age of 7 [34]. The exposure to exercise during pregnancy is associated with cardiac and neuromotor development of the infants, as studies have shown lower heart rate and increased heart rate variability among infants, which is the same as among adults who are exercised trained [35].…”

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Factors Associated with the Leisure-Time Physical Activity (LTPA) during the First Trimester of the Pregnancy: The Cross-Sectional Study among Pregnant Women in Serbia

Todorović

Terzić-Šupić

Bjegović-Mikanović

et al. 2020

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Background: The benefits of physical activity during pregnancy include lower maternal weight gain, a lower likelihood of gestational diabetes, low back pain, preeclampsia, preterm delivery, caesarian delivery, and macrosomia. This study aimed to examine the factors associated with insufficient leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) during the first trimester. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Clinic for Obstetrics and Gynecology of Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, between January and June of 2018. The final analyses included 162/175 pregnant women. The questionnaire was used to obtain social characteristics, pregnancy, and lifestyle characteristics (Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System—PRAMS), pre-pregnancy LTPA (International Physical Activity Questionnaire—IPAQ), and LTPA during the first trimester (Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire—PPAQ). Women were classified into two groups of sufficient and insufficient LTPA during the first trimester based on the recommendations of the World Health Organization. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was applied. Results: A total of 27.2% of the women had insufficient LTPA during pregnancy. Insufficient LTPA during pregnancy was associated with <12 years of education (OR: 2.3, 95% CI: 1.05–5.04), self-rated financial status as poor (OR: 0.34, 95% CI: 0.14–0.79), and hours spent walking before pregnancy (OR: 0.87, 95% CI: 0.77–0.99). Conclusions: Our results can help direct health care professionals advice for women who are planning pregnancy towards walking as it seems to be sustained during pregnancy.

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“…[9][10][11][12] There is some evidence that greater levels of physical activity during pregnancy is associated with later offspring growth and lower adiposity. [13][14][15][16] All but one of these studies 16 had a very small sample size, and none were able to assess cardiovascular risk factors other than adiposity in offspring. Furthermore, a recent study 17 found evidence of an adverse effect of physical activity measured at 30 weeks gestation on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLc), diastolic blood pressure and body mass index (BMI).…”

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Physical activity during pregnancy and offspring cardiovascular risk factors: findings from a prospective cohort study

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ObjectivesThe long-term consequences of maternal physical activity during pregnancy for offspring cardiovascular health are unknown. We examined the association of maternal self-reported physical activity in pregnancy (18 weeks gestation) with offspring cardiovascular risk factors at age 15.DesignProspective cohort study.SettingThe Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC).Participants4665 maternal-offspring pairs (based on a sample with multiple imputation to deal with missing data) from the ALSPAC, a prospective cohort based in the South West of England with mothers recruited in pregnancy in 1991–1992.Primary and secondary outcome measuresOffspring cardiovascular risk factors at age 15; body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, glucose, insulin, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides.ResultsGreater maternal physical activity was associated with lower BMI, waist circumference, glucose and insulin in unadjusted analyses. The magnitude of associations was generally small with wide CIs, and most associations attenuated towards the null after adjusting for confounders. The strongest evidence of association after adjustment for confounders was for glucose, although the 95% CI for this association includes the null; a one SD greater physical activity during pregnancy was associated with a −0.013 mmol/L difference in offspring glucose levels (equivalent to approximately one-third of a SD; 95% CI −0.027 to 0.001 mmol/L).ConclusionsOur results suggest that maternal physical activity in pregnancy, measured at 18 weeks gestation, is unlikely to be an important determinant of later offspring cardiovascular health. There was some suggestion of association with offspring glucose, but given that all other associations (including insulin) were null after adjustment for confounders, this result should be interpreted with caution.

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Maternal Recreational Exercise during Pregnancy in relation to Children’s BMI at 7 Years of Age

Cited by 18 publications

References 41 publications

Influence of maternal obesity, diet and exercise on epigenetic regulation of adipocytes

Influence of maternal obesity, diet and exercise on epigenetic regulation of adipocytes

Factors Associated with the Leisure-Time Physical Activity (LTPA) during the First Trimester of the Pregnancy: The Cross-Sectional Study among Pregnant Women in Serbia

Physical activity during pregnancy and offspring cardiovascular risk factors: findings from a prospective cohort study

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