Slim-Fast shakes, shake mixes, meal and snack bars are part of the company’s 3-2-1 weight loss plan. Even pregnant women who do not want to lose
Pregnant women are making their unborn babies obese by drinking from plastic bottles because they contain chemicals that interfere with a …
Some pregnant women are absolutely adorable. You know the type: cute, round little baby bump, stylish maternity clothes, and from the back (hell, sometimes even from the front!) you can’t even tell she’s pregnant. Those women just glow. And then…there are the other pregnant women. The ones who
Obesity is a major public health problem. 1 In most developed countries, 14 to 20% of women of reproductive age are obese (body-mass index [BMI; the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters], ≥30), whereas in some countries, the prevalence of obesity is as high as 60%. 1
What is obesity? Does being obese during pregnancy put me at risk of any health problems? Does being obese during pregnancy put my baby at risk of any problems?
Associated terms for pregnancy are gravid and parous.Gravidus and gravid come from the Latin for “heavy” and a pregnant female is sometimes referred to as a gravida. Gravidity is a term used to describe the number of times that a female has been pregnant.
Racism is making people sick — especially black women and babies, says Miriam Zoila Pérez. The doula turned journalist explores the relationship between race, class and illness and tells us about a radically compassionate prenatal care program that can buffer pregnant women from the stress that people of color face every day.
Pregnant women exposed to even small amounts of lead are ‘more likely to have obese ren’ University of Michigan scientists link lead to obesity in future generations
Most articles about pregnancy in obese women, and even many birth providers, assume two things: that being fat interferes with a woman’s ability to give birth vaginally; and that the sky high cesarean rate among women …
