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Physical activity counseling in maternity and child health care – a controlled trial

Minna Aittasalo1 email, Matti Pasanen1 email, Mikael Fogelholm2 email, Tarja I Kinnunen1 email, Katriina Ojala1 email and Riitta Luoto1,3 email

The UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland

Health Research Unit, Academy of Finland, Helsinki, Finland

Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

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BMC Women's Health 2008, 8:14doi:10.1186/1472-6874-8-14

Published: 14 August 2008

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Table 1. Feasibility evaluation of the physical activity (PA) counseling procedure.

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Table 2. Baseline information about the pregnant and postpartum participants in the two study groups according to baseline questionnaire and information obtained at the primary counseling visit.

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Table 3. Weekly leisure time physical activity (LTPA) of the pregnant and postpartum participants in the experimental (EXP) and control group (CON) at baseline and two follow-ups, unadjusted arithmetic means (SD). Adjusted group differences (%), EXP compared with CON.

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