On September 23, at 9:30 am, the Auditorium of the School of Health Sciences of the Polytechnic of Leiria hosted a scientific session on “Promoting Healthy Lifestyles During Pregnancy”. Several researchers from the Polytechnic of Leiria, Polytechnic of Santarém and Gdansk Sport University and professionals from nutrition, women’s health, and exercise physiology joined to address and discuss key aspects related to the adoption and maintenance of healthy lifestyles throughout pregnancy.

The project “ACTIVE PREGNANCY”, which was presented at the beginning of the morning, proposes the implementation of a multicenter intervention aimed at evaluating the effects of different approaches — virtual and in-person — on physical activity, physical fitness, and maternal health parameters, according to the well-known positive impact of adopting a healthy lifestyle during pregnancy, both for the mother’s health and for the fetus.