A 2023 PLOS ONE meta-analysis found aerobic exercise was effective for both preventing and treating postpartum depression compared with standard care, with stronger effects for prevention than for treatment.
Notes on verification
Directly confirmed by locating the primary source (PLOS ONE, Xu et al. 2023), whose abstract and conclusion match all claim details including sample size, comparison, and stronger prevention effect. [tier=silver indep_score=1.0 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Does Exercise Reduce the Risk of Postpartum Depression? (seed:health_and_medicine)
- https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0287650 (corroboration)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10686497/ (corroboration)