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77% of women favored a healthy lifestyle programme (diet, weight management and physical activity) before becoming pregnant.
Health practitioners should consider implementing lifestyle programs that align with women's preferences for pre-conception health.
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77% favoured a healthy lifestyle programme (diet, weight management and physical activity) before becoming pregnant.
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Based on the survey conducted with a significant sample size.
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Women's attitudes towards a pre‐conception healthy lifestyle programme
Karli Funk et al. · Clinical Obesity · 2015
DOI 10.1111/cob.12088
cross-sectional · n=126Cited 16×
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