Research Article
Patient Attitudes toward Gestational Weight Gain and Exercise during Pregnancy
Table 2
Counseling and patient exercise habits prepregnancy and during pregnancy by BMI.
| | All | Normal BMI | Overweight BMI | Obese BMI | | | | | |
| | Received counseling regarding exercise | 142 (78.0%) | 50 (83.3%) | 28 (84.8%) | 57 (74.0%) |
| | Desired to meet with personal trainer | 49 (26.9%) | 11 (18.0%) | 11 (35.5%) | 26 (34.2%) |
| | Prepregnancy | | | | | | Exercised before pregnancy | 144 (79.9%) | 49 (80.3%) | 27 (79.4%) | 60 (77.9%) | | Exercised 3+ days per week before pregnancy | 74 (40.6%) | 30 (49.2%) | 14 (41.2%) | 25 (32.5%) | | Engaged in low-impact cardiovascular | 121 (66.5%) | 35 (59.3%) | 20 (62.5%) | 59 (79.7%) | | Engaged in high-impact cardiovascular | 31 (17.0%) | 18 (30.5%) | 10 (31.3%) | 3 (4.1%) | | Engaged in weight training | 32 (17.6%) | 16 (27.1%) | 9 (28.1%) | 7 (9.5%) |
| | Pregnancy | | | | | | Plan to exercise during pregnancy | 144 (79.1%) | 48 (77.4%) | 24 (72.7%) | 62 (80.5%) | | Plan to exercise 3+ days per week | 56 (30.8%) | 23 (37.1%) | 8 (24.2%) | 21 (27.3%) | | Will engage in low-impact cardiovascular | 144 (79.1%) | 50 (80.6%) | 25 (75.8%) | 62 (81.6%) | | Will engage in high-impact cardiovascular | 8 (4.4%) | 6 (9.7%) | 2 (6.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | | Will engage in weight training | 18 (9.9%) | 10 (16.1%) | 5 (15.2%) | 3 (3.9%) |
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