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Postpartum Physical Activity And Sleep Levels In Overweight And Normal Weight Mothers, Shane Warehime
Postpartum Physical Activity And Sleep Levels In Overweight And Normal Weight Mothers, Shane Warehime
UNO Student Research and Creative Activity Fair
Objective: Objectively examine postpartum mothers’ physical activity (PA) and sleep. Compare PA and sleep of overweight/obese and normal weight postpartum mothers. Setting: A mid-sized city in the Midwestern United States. Participants: Twenty-one mothers who had an infant at least three months old. Participants were classified as normal weight (n = 8) or overweight (n = 13). Methods: PA and sleep levels were gathered for four days at three time intervals in the six months following childbirth. Wrist-worn Actigraph accelerometers were used to collect data. Results: All participants increased PA over time, especially from visit two to visit three. When separated …