Abstract

There are several reasons for spontaneous miscarriage including genetic, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and immunopathological milieu of the body. The consequences of the same also has several other risks including those on the health status of the expecting parents and their quality of life. The prevalence of spontaneous miscarriage is quite high in India and needs a thorough evidence on confounding factors that can help to reduce it. The aim if this review is to establish literature on the impact of exercise and diet on the foetal development. Data Source and Search Strategy: Literature was searched for on the electronic database of PUBMED/ MEDLINE, Wiley online Library, Scopus and related articles using the keys words or their threads in different combinations including Un-complicated pregnancy, Foetus, Embryo, Exercise, Diet, Nutrition, Lifestyle, Health (MeSH and free text search). Cross referencing was also used to establish better consensus amongst reviewers in case of confusion. This was an attempt for better conceptualisation and framing of exercises, diet and other lifestyle related components, for the expecting parents in the academic/clinical setups of the present reviewers in India. Discussion and Conclusion: This review provides further evidence to and justifies the facts on the basis of which the effect of lifestyle related factors like Diet and Exercise are since yeas being propounded for healthier pregnancy and growth of foetus since decades and have also been found to be safe for administration. However, one should never obliviate that there are several possible reasons for affecting the safety of the foetus during this period including genetic, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and immunopathological milieu of the body.

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