16 Feb do you think women should be encouraged to exercise during pregnancy?
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Based on this science, do you think women should be encouraged to exercise during pregnancy? Could there be practical or ethical problems with this advice? For instance, do all women have the same opportunities for exercise during pregnancy (time, access, physical ability), and if they can’t exercise could this advice make them feel guilty? Could epigenetic science have unintentional consequences of placing blame on mothers and their behavior rather than the environments they live in? Do scientists need to be more thoughtful about the way developmental and epigenetic programming get reported in popular media and translated into medical advice?
