Impacto da orienta？？o para a prática regular de atividade física dois anos após o parto

objectives: to evaluate changes in the practice of physical activity (pa) and the barriers to adopting a healthy lifestyle among women who have received guidance on nutrition and pa during pregnancy and in the first year after giving birth. methods: cohort study with 57 women (control group = 29 and intervention group = 28), and mean age 28 (±6) years. the information was obtained through home visit interviews (during intervention) and telephone interviews (one year after the end of intervention), using the pa questionnaire. to analyze the barriers a semi-structured interview with open questions was carried out, these being codified and grouped for data analysis. chi-square, mann-whitney u and friedman tests were carried out. results: at six months, only 30% of the women in the intervention group were practicing leisure-time pa at least 120 minutes per week, as opposed to 10% from the control group, decreasing to 18% and 4% respectively two years after giving birth. the principal barriers to practicing pa regularly were: lack of time (44%), taking care of children (37%), work (21%), domestic chores (21%) and laziness (26%). conclusions: future programs should prioritize the acquisition of knowledge, with a view to adopting an active lifestyle after giving birth, considering the maternal barriers.