Evolution of the weight gain in women pregnant that made exercise

• Main Authors: Ethel Merino-García, Juan Carlos Sánchez-García, Alba Montes-Tejada, Elena Molina-Martínez, Raquel Rodriguez-Blanque
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Asociación Para el Progreso de la Biomedicina 2019-03-01
• Series: Jounal of Negative and No Positive Results
• Subjects: Pregnant woman; pregnancy; exercise; physical activity.; weight gain; evolution
• Online Access: https://www.jonnpr.com/PDF/2917.pdf

Introduction. Throughout the years, it has been recommended that pregnant women reduce their level of physical activity due to possible negative effects, but thanks to research, new recommendations have emerged where they advise practicing physical activity for the benefits that They are as much for the mother as for the baby. Among them, weight gain is one of the factors benefited by physical activity, being lower at the end of the gestational period. Objective. To study the influence that the realization of physical activity can produce in the evolution of weight gain during the gestational period of the woman. Methodology. A systematic bibliographic review of the Randomized Clinical Trials published in the last five years (2013-2018) has been carried out in the databases MEDLINE, PubMed, SciELO, Scopus and CINAHL, in Spanish, English and French. Conclusions. The results may seem contradictory, there are authors who affirm that physical activity has positive effects on weight gain, and other authors affirm that there is no significant difference in weight gain between pregnant women who perform physical activity and those who do not. . It is also observed that there is no difference between women with higher or lower BMI with respect to the effect of physical activity on weight gain.