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Obese Pregnant Women Should Limit Weight Gain

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 18th, 2007

Severely obese women should lose weight during pregnancy, while obese women who are pregnant should gain less weight than currently recommended, a Saint Louis University study finds.

The research is the largest population-based study to look at the effect of weight gain during pregnancy by obese expectant mothers, says Raul Artal, M.D., study author and chairman of the department of obstetrics, gynecology and women's health at Saint Louis University School of Medicine.

"This study confirms what we've suspected all along – that obese women don't have to gain any weight during their pregnancy," Dr. Artal says.

The study, published...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2007-10-18)

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