Interventions:
Standard Care (CTL): All eligible women received
standard education from dietitians and diabetes nurse educators at their
local health districts Diabetes Service; education included Medical
Nutrition Therapy (MNT [23]), physical activity and self-monitoring
blood glucose (SMBG; fasting and either one- or two-hour post meal
finger pricks). Physical activity education included recommendations to
meet the physical activity guidelines of 150 minutes moderate intensity
physical activity per week or thirty minutes of physical activity on
most if not all days (performed any time during the day [19]).
Postmeal walking (PMW): All women received standard-care
as above, however women in the PMW intervention were specifically
instructed by researchers to distribute their 30 minutes daily physical
activity as 10 min walks (at an intensity using Borg Rating of Perceived
Exertion Scale: 11 – 13), within 60 minutes of consuming breakfast,
lunch, and dinner, for the rest of their pregnancy.
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