Physiological changes, nutrition and exercise during pregnancy
Speakers · Damir Roje, Sanja Čirić and Ana Marija Rog
Moderator · Nika Jukić
Public CROLMA webinar · 12 September 2025 · 1 hr 49 min 51 sec · spoken in Croatian and Serbian
What changes in the body during pregnancy? A gynaecologist, a clinical nutritionist and a kinesiologist discuss glucose regulation, nutrition and adapting exercise during pregnancy.
About the recording
Gynaecologist Damir Roje describes physiological changes in pregnancy, including how glucose regulation changes. He then discusses how altered blood glucose is recognised and managed in pregnancy. Clinical nutritionist Sanja Čirić looks at planning meals, changing nutritional needs and common misconceptions about food during pregnancy.
Kinesiologist Ana Marija Rog discusses questions about exercising during pregnancy, refers to World Health Organization guidance and demonstrates adaptations to selected exercises. The recording ends with questions and answers.
Full webinar
Watch the pregnancy webinar in Croatian and Serbian
In the recording
Physiological changes in pregnancy · 07:24
Blood glucose disorders in pregnancy · 17:25
Planning meals during pregnancy · 38:01
Exercise and adapting exercises · 1:15:15
Questions and answers · 1:39:06
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References and additional reading
WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour
World Health Organization · 2020
Mentioned in the recording
Source note: The movement talk refers to WHO guidance. This document covers physical activity and sedentary behaviour during pregnancy and after childbirth.
Effect of diet and physical activity based interventions in pregnancy on gestational weight gain and pregnancy outcomes
International Weight Management in Pregnancy (i-WIP) Collaborative Group · 2017 · DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j3119
Editorial additional reading
Source note: This evidence library entry (P027) pools individual participant data from randomised trials of diet and physical activity interventions during pregnancy.
Watching the recording
The recording is publicly available on YouTube. The talks are in Croatian and Serbian.
Croatian captions are available.