Table 2.
Summary of Perinatal PA and Exercise Guideline Components by Country
| Country | Frequency Days/Week | Intensity | Duration |
Type |
Prior Activity Level |
SB | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | AE | RE | Inactive | Active | ||||
| Australia | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Austria | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Belgium | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Brazil | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Brunei | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Canada | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Chile | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Cyprus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Denmark | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Estonia | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Fiji | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Finland | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| France | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Greece | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Iceland | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Kenya | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Latvia | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Malaysia | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| NZ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Norway | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Portugal | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Qatar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Singapore | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Slovenia | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Spain | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Sri Lanka | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Switzerland | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| UK | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| USA | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Uruguay | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
About half countries provide a weekly while half provide a daily exercise volume recommendation. Most countries provide frequency and intensity guidance. About half countries provide guidance on aerobic and resistance exercises. Most countries provide information regarding inactive people who become pregnant, with less information given for active women. Guidelines on sedentary behavior are provided in less than half the guidelines.
Adapted from Hayman et al.18
AE = aerobic exercise; D = daily; NZ = New Zealand; RE = resistance exercise; SB = sedentary behavior; UK = United Kingdom; USA = United States of America; W = weekly.