title: Prescribing Exercise and Lifestyle Training for High Risk Women in Pregnancy and Early Post-partum-Is It Worth It?
abstract: In a Perspective, Jane Norman and Rebecca Reynolds discuss two randomized controlled trials aimed at testing behavioral interventions for women at risk of gestational diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Tommy's Centre for Maternal and Fetal Health, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Jane E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Norman
authors.affiliation: Tommy's Centre for Maternal and Fetal Health, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.|British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Rebecca M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Reynolds
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D016640:Diabetes, Gestational / Q000517:prevention & control; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D012307:Risk Factors; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D016896:Treatment Outcome