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Exercise encouraged during pregnancy.(Brief Article)
2002 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pregnancy and birth make big changes in a woman's life, and doctors want women to consider adding one more.
They are encouraging women to exercise, figuring soon-to-be or new mothers may be more responsive to the message.
"The desire to return to prepregnancy size and shape, the need for increased energy, and the need for stress reduction can be effective motivators to start or resume exercise," said Dr. Erika N. Ringdahl.
Ringdahl's analysis of the benefits and the risks of exercise appears in the journal Physician and Sportsmedicine.
And a doctor's group said pregnant women generally can do the minimum that federal guidelines recommend for adults - 30 minutes of moderate activity, such as a brisk walk, on most days.
Unless there are medical reasons to avoid it, "pregnant women should be encouraged to engage in regular, moderate-intensity physical activity," the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) said. Their policy statement was published in January 2002 in ACOG's journal, Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Being active can give pregnant women the same health benefits that women who are not pregnant get, the medical group said. In addition, it cited evidence that exercise can prevent gestational diabetes.
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