Weight loss or gain is a hot-button topic at any time, but you may be even more sensitive to talking about it – or hearing about it from strangers, repeatedly – while you're pregnant. Your individual ...

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, ...

An analysis covering 1.6 million pregnancies shows that both low and high weight gain can drive major complications, from preterm birth to C-sections. This raises urgent questions about how global ...

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 ...

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 ...

BATON ROUGE, La – Metabolic health before and during pregnancy may have a bigger influence on risks for mother and baby than simply controlling weight gain. Data from a recent paper by Pennington ...

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 ...

New research shows that women who halt GLP-1 medications near conception face greater gestational weight gain and elevated risks for preterm birth and pregnancy-related complications, raising urgent ...