Low Prenatal Weight Gain Does Not Prevent Blood Pressure Issues in "Obese" Women

One idea often promoted by care providers is that keeping prenatal weight gains to the minimum possible or losing weight in pregnancy will p...

"Safe" Gestational Weight Loss?

Graphic from this misleading article . The article addresses improving diet and exercise in pregnancy but doesn't mention any of the stu...

Common Sense Prenatal Weight Gain Recommendations for "Obese" Women

The 2009 IOM Guidelines for Prenatal Weight Gain Coming up with official prenatal weight gain guidelines is difficult. There's always a ...

Very Low Weight Gain or Gestational Weight Loss in Pregnant Obese Women Risky

[Actual news headline and picture from 2009 media release because, you know, all obese pregnant women are constantly stuffing their faces wi...