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...

Restricting Prenatal Weight Gain Does Not Make for Skinnier Children

Many care providers promote restricting prenatal weight gain in "obese" women with the hopes that this will reduce obesity in thei...

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 ...

Dieters Gain More Weight in Pregnancy

Care providers often push "obese" women to lose weight before pregnancy in hopes that weight loss will reduce complications and ma...