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New Thought on Weight Loss for Pregnant Obese Women

By Danell Swim
February 4, 2008

The study, published in the October issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology, analyzed the pregnancies of more than 120,000 obese women from Missouri to see how weight gain affected preeclampsia, which is high blood pressure brought on by pregnancy; cesarean delivery; and birth size.

 

“Guidelines for nutrition during pregnancy at that time were based solely on expert opinion and not on scientific data. Obesity was not the problem it is now,” Dr. Artal says.

The study found that women of different weights should gain or even lose different amounts of weight.

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Written by Danell Swim · Filed Under Pregnancy Health 

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