You may feel a mix of emotions every time you step on the weighing scale at your antenatal visit. Relatives might urge you to “eat for two”, while others warn you not to gain “too much.” In India, ...

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The 2009 National Academies report, Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Reexamining the Guidelines, concluded that there was insufficient evidence to support weight gain recommendations for women in higher ...

Melinda French Gates has opened up about her experience with weight gain during her first pregnancy. Host Jamie Kern Lima mentioned that in French Gates’s new book, The Next Day, the businesswoman ...

Aurora Culpo is getting candid about gaining weight during her pregnancy. Culpo, 36, opened up about her growing baby bump while rocking a bikini in an Instagram post on Sunday, March 22. “Pregnancy ...

Jessa Duggar is getting real about pregnancy weight gain. “I’ve definitely gained a little more weight in this pregnancy than with my others,” Duggar, 32, said in a Thursday, July 10, YouTube video.

Around two-thirds (68%) of pregnancies have weight gain that is more or less than recommended and that is associated with complications such as preterm birth, large birth weight, and admission to ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

In a study led by researchers at Mass General Brigham, pregnant individuals who stopped taking popular weight loss GLP-1 medications before or early in their pregnancy tended to gain more weight and ...

GLP-1 receptor agonists are contraindicated in pregnancy. In a cohort of women primarily with obesity, GLP-1 receptor agonist exposure prior to pregnancy or in early pregnancy was associated with ...

Discontinuing GLP-1 RAs before or during early pregnancy is linked to increased gestational weight gain and pregnancy complications. GLP-1 RAs are not recommended during pregnancy due to potential ...

Around two-thirds (68%) of pregnancies have weight gain that is more or less than recommended and that is associated with complications such as preterm birth, large birth weight, and admission to ...