New Zealand researchers report in the new issue of the US Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism that pregnant women who engage in regular moderate exercise can prevent their children from being overweight at birth, which can help reduce their children\’s risk of obesity later in life. .
Researchers from the University of Auckland in New Zealand randomly divided 84 women who were pregnant for the first time into two groups. Pregnant women in the experimental group regularly exercised on bicycle fitness equipment 5 times a week, 40 minutes each time, until 36 weeks of pregnancy; pregnant women in the control group did not participate in exercise.
The results found that compared with the control group, the babies born to pregnant women in the experimental group lost an average of 143 grams in weight, but there was no significant difference in the baby\’s length and overall physique. For pregnant women themselves, regular exercise has little impact on weight in late pregnancy.
Researchers say that regular participation in some appropriate aerobic exercise will change the physical condition of pregnant women, which to a certain extent will affect the supply of nutrients needed for fetal growth and avoid overnutrition, resulting in low birth weight of the child. As for being overweight.
Several previous studies have found that babies who are overweight at birth have an increased risk of obesity later in life.