ArticleBMJ open2016
Positive lifestyle changes around the time of pregnancy: a cross-sectional study.
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- Effectiveness of physical activity interventions for overweight and obesity during pregnancy: a systematic review of the content of behaviour change interventions.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019Pooled it
- Forward momentum: advancing the delivery of pregnancy and postpartum physical activity guidance and support across the island of Ireland.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2025Article
- Associations of primiparous pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain with cesarean delivery after induction: a prospective cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Pregnancy; an opportunity to return to a healthy lifestyle: a qualitative study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
- Changes in severity of depression and borderline personality disorder symptoms from pregnancy to three years postpartum in adolescent mothers.Journal of affective disorders · 2021Article
- "Moving for My Baby!" Motivators and Perceived Barriers to Facilitate Readiness for Physical Activity during Pregnancy among Obese and Overweight Women of Urban Areas in Northern Taiwan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The causal web of foetal alcohol spectrum disorders: a review and causal diagram.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2020Review
- Socio-economic and racial prenatal diet quality disparities in a national US sample.Public health nutrition · 2020Article
- Perspectives of pregnant and postpartum women and obstetric providers to promote healthy lifestyle in pregnancy and after delivery: a qualitative in-depth interview study.BMC women's health · 2020Article
- Preventive health counselling during antenatal care using the pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system (PRAMS) in Ireland.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Article
- Associations between pre-pregnancy BMI, gestational weight gain, and prenatal diet quality in a national sample.PloS one · 2019Article
- Enablers and barriers to physical activity in overweight and obese pregnant women: an analysis informed by the theoretical domains framework and COM-B model.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo examine the prevalence of positive lifestyle behaviours before and during pregnancy in Ireland.
designCross-sectional study.
settingPopulation-based study in Ireland.
participantsA total of 718 women of predominantly Caucasian origin from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), Ireland, were included. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Positive lifestyle behaviour changes before and during pregnancy in Ireland on alcohol consumption, smoking, folate use and nutrition.
resultsOf 1212 women surveyed, 718 (59%) responded. 26% were adherent to all three recommendations on alcohol consumption, smoking and folate use before pregnancy. This increased to 39% for the same three behaviours during pregnancy, with greater increases in adherence observed among women with the lowest adherence before pregnancy. Age, education and ethnicity gaps in adherence before pregnancy appeared to narrow during pregnancy. Adherence to all seven food pyramid guidelines was less than 1% overall, and less than 1% of participants met all four micronutrient guidelines on vitamin D, folate, calcium and iron intake around the time of pregnancy.
conclusionsLow levels of healthy lifestyle behaviours before pregnancy and low levels of positive lifestyle behaviours during pregnancy demonstrate an urgent need for increased clinical and public health efforts to target deleterious health behaviours before, during and after pregnancy.
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