Weight loss surgery may reduce some of the pregnancy risks associated with obesity, but it could also put women and their infants at greater risk for other problems, according to a new study in Sweden.
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A lack of self-control and poor food choices are most likely causing women to gain excess weight during pregnancy, university researchers say. In what they claim will be a world-first study into why women put on extra weight during pregnancy, Deakin University researchers are asking pregnant women to take part in an online survey to measure their eating habits.
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The International Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society found that obese pregnant women who adhere to an intensive nutritional and exercise program starting in the first trimester gained less weight and had fewer pregnancy complications compared with peers who receive standard prenatal care.
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Women who gain either more or less weight than recommended during pregnancy may be more likely to have an overweight child, a new study has found.
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