I came across this article from WebMD entitled: "Too Much Pregnancy Weight Linked to Baby's Obesity Risk. Study Suggests Pregnant Women Who Gain Excess Weight Deliver Babies With Too Much Body Fat."
Wow what an impact that title has! Are we contributing to the increase in childhood obesity even before the baby is born? This study seems to be pointing in that direction. Of course they stress this is only one factor of many.
They go on to say, "Fully 70% of those women who were obese before the
y became pregnant exceeded the weight gain guidelines, compared with 31% of those who were at a healthy weight before pregnancy." This means choosing to adopt healthy lifestyle habits before pregnancy will give you a better chance at healthy weight gain during pregnancy.Here are the finding in regards to the babies body fat levels, "Babies born to moms who gained too much weight during pregnancy had 17.5 ounces of body fat, compared with 13.9 ounces of fat among those newborns born to mothers of women who stayed within the guidelines."
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