ReviewCurrent diabetes reports2015
Review of impacts of physical activity on maternal metabolic health during pregnancy.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effects of different types of prenatal exercise on neonatal outcomes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Prenatal exercise interventions result in subtle changes in the human breast milk metabolome and lipidome 7-14 days postpartum: exploratory analyses of the FitMum randomized controlled trial.International breastfeeding journal · 2026Trial
- Exercise therapy for gestational diabetes mellitus: from basic to clinical.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- Physical exercise for a healthy pregnancy: the role of placentokines and exerkines.The journal of physiological sciences : JPS · 2023Review
- Maternal diet quality moderates associations between parabens and birth outcomes.Environmental research · 2022Article
- Impact of Diet Quality during Pregnancy on Gestational Weight Gain and Selected Adipokines-Results of a German Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Exercise During the First Trimester of Pregnancy and the Risks of Abnormal Screening and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.Diabetes care · 2021Article
- The effects of aerobic exercise on markers of maternal metabolism during pregnancy.Birth defects research · 2021Article
- Associations of Pregnancy Physical Activity with Maternal Cardiometabolic Health, Neonatal Delivery Outcomes and Body Composition in a Biethnic Cohort of 7305 Mother-Child Pairs: The Born in Bradford Study.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Article
- SLK Triple Therapy Improves Maternal and Fetal Status and Promotes Postpartum Pelvic Floor Function in Chinese Primiparous Women.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2019Article
- Energy Intake Requirements in Pregnancy.Nutrients · 2019Review
- Exercise in Pregnancy and Children's Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2018Review
- Determinants of physical activity frequency and provider advice during pregnancy.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2017Article
- Effects of supervised aerobic and strength training in overweight and grade I obese pregnant women on maternal and foetal health markers: the GESTAFIT randomized controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2016Article
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Our purpose was to review relations between physical activity during pregnancy, gestational diabetes, and other maternal metabolic markers (i.e., lipids, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα), interleukin six (IL-6), leptin, and adiponectin). While observational studies indicate a protective effect of physical activity on gestational diabetes, interventions that promote recommended levels of physical activity during pregnancy (i.e., 150+ min/week) have failed to show significant effects. However, interventions have been often underpowered and with low protocol adherence. Maternal lipids, TNFα, IL-6, and leptin all increase and adiponectin decreases with a healthy pregnancy. Although the evidence base is small, preliminary results indicate a beneficial effect of physical activity on lowering triglycerides, TNFα, and leptin levels while increasing muscle-derived IL-6 levels during pregnancy. Future studies are needed to examine relationships among prospectively measured physical activity and metabolic markers throughout pregnancy, as well as theoretically based physical activity interventions to prevent gestational diabetes.
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