Obese women, overweight women and sedentary women “have a very high incidence of diabetes and high blood pressure in pregnancy. As a result, their offspring are at very high risk for certain ...

Bodies, whether pregnant or not, come in all different shapes and sizes, and all kinds of bodies have healthy babies every day. Still, if you’re plus size, you may have questions about what to expect ...

New research being presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025) highlights the need to support women and their families with overweight or obesity to optimise their health and ...

Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a common and serious disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops during sleep, is associated with excess weight and obesity. Little is known about the ...

Objective To examine the association between gestational weight gain and adverse maternal and infant outcomes among overweight women [body mass index (BMI) 26.0–29.0 kg/m 2]. Methods A ...

A long-term Danish study finds that artificial sweeteners consumed during pregnancy may shape children's weight trajectories years later—raising fresh questions about the safety of ‘diet’ drinks for ...

Complications during pregnancy (or adverse pregnancy outcomes), like gestational diabetes and newly developed high blood pressure, act as nature’s stress test and may uncover an individual’s risk for ...

Severely overweight women still need to gain some weight during pregnancy. If they don't, they're at higher risk for a low-birth-weight baby. The optimum amount of weight seems to be between 7 and 11 ...