https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/cadiz/oai:rodin.uca.es:10498/39656
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name: Influence of a physical exercise program, physical activity, sedentarism, body composition and physical fitness during pregnancy on body composition, physical fitness and neurocognition of the offspring: the gestafitos project
description: In the absence of contraindications, current Guidelines encourage women to perform combined aerobic and resistance exercise (i.e., concurrent exercise) during pregnancy to improve maternal and offspring health outcomes, as it has been shown to contribute positively to a better metabolic intrauterine environment. Body composition is a strong determinant of birth complications and future diseases. Exercise during pregnancy has been shown to contribute positively to a better body composition of both the mother and offspring, as it has been associated with reduced risk of excessive gestational weight gain and a better control of offspring birth weight in healthy ranges. Additionally, the increased prevalence of maternal obesity in recent decades has occurred in parallel with the rise of macrosomia (defined as body weight at birth > 4000 grams) and childhood obesity, suggesting an association between maternal body composition and offspring body composition. Physical fitness is a powerful marker of health in general populations (i.e., childhood, adulthood and elderly) and specific populations (including pregnant women), as higher levels of physical fitness have been related to a better self-rated health, bone and psychological health, cardiovascular or metabolic profile, lower levels of total and abdominal adiposity, higher academic performance and all-cause mortality. Neurocognition evolves from conception to after birth, setting the foundation for lifelong neurodevelopment. Several studies have shown that regular maternal exercise induces benefits for the fetal brain development. Understanding the influence of exercise and maternal body composition during pregnancy on offspring body composition, as well as knowing whether exercise and physical fitness during pregnancy may improve all or some components of offspring physical fitness and their neurocognition might be of great importance for a better design of public health interventions, as it reflects prenatal conditions…
abstract: In the absence of contraindications, current Guidelines encourage women to perform combined aerobic and resistance exercise (i.e., concurrent exercise) during pregnancy to improve maternal and offspring health outcomes, as it has been shown to contribute positively to a better metabolic intrauterine environment. Body composition is a strong determinant of birth complications and future diseases. Exercise during pregnancy has been shown to contribute positively to a better body composition of both the mother and offspring, as it has been associated with reduced risk of excessive gestational weight gain and a better control of offspring birth weight in healthy ranges. Additionally, the increased prevalence of maternal obesity in recent decades has occurred in parallel with the rise of macrosomia (defined as body weight at birth > 4000 grams) and childhood obesity, suggesting an association between maternal body composition and offspring body composition. Physical fitness is a powerful marker of health in general populations (i.e., childhood, adulthood and elderly) and specific populations (including pregnant women), as higher levels of physical fitness have been related to a better self-rated health, bone and psychological health, cardiovascular or metabolic profile, lower levels of total and abdominal adiposity, higher academic performance and all-cause mortality. Neurocognition evolves from conception to after birth, setting the foundation for lifelong neurodevelopment. Several studies have shown that regular maternal exercise induces benefits for the fetal brain development. Understanding the influence of exercise and maternal body composition during pregnancy on offspring body composition, as well as knowing whether exercise and physical fitness during pregnancy may improve all or some components of offspring physical fitness and their neurocognition might be of great importance for a better design of public health interventions, as it reflects prenatal conditions…
author: Sánchez Parente, Sandra
language: eng
license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
date published: 2026
date modified: 2026-07-24T01:29:31Z
provider: Universidad de Cadiz
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: Universidad de Cadiz

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