Feasibility and acceptability of a midwife-led intervention programme called 'Eat Well Keep Active' to encourage a healthy lifestyle in pregnancy.

Warren, Lucie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5367-1567, Rance, Jaynie and Hunter, Billie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8064-3609 2012. Feasibility and acceptability of a midwife-led intervention programme called 'Eat Well Keep Active' to encourage a healthy lifestyle in pregnancy. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 12 (27) 10.1186/1471-2393-12-27

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Eating a diet that is high in fat and sugar and having a sedentary lifestyle during pregnancy is understood to increase the risk of excessive gestational weight gain and obesity following the birth of the baby. However, there are no clinical guidelines in the UK on what is considered to be appropriate gestational weight gain. Indeed, clinical recommendations discourage the routine re-weighing of pregnant women, stating instead that women should be advised regarding their diet and activity levels, in order to prevent excessive weight gain. Pregnancy is seen as a time when many women may have an increased motivation to improve their lifestyle behaviours for the benefit of the fetus. However, it is evident that many women have difficulty in both maintaining a healthy balanced diet and remaining active through pregnancy. It would seem that midwives may be ideally placed to assist women to make and maintain healthier lifestyle choices during pregnancy.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Healthcare Sciences
Subjects:	R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics R Medicine > RT Nursing
Additional Information:	Pdf uploaded in accordance with publisher's policy at http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1471-2393/ (accessed 26/02/2014)
Publisher:	BioMed Central
ISSN:	1471-2393
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	06 May 2023 17:01
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/36114

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