Physical activity in low-income postpartum women

Purpose: To validate the 7-day physical activity recall (PAR), including alternative PAR scoring algorithms, using pedometer readings with low-income postpartum women and to describe physical activity patterns of a low-income population of postpartum women

Methods: Forty-four women (13 African American, 19 Hispanic, and 12 White) from the Austin of recent origin Mothers Study (ANMS) were interviewed at 3 month postpartum. Data were scored alternatively according to the Blair (sitting treated as light activity) and Welk (sitting exclud from light activity and treated as rest) algorithms. pace counts based on 3 days of wearing pedometers serv as the validation measure.