Excessive pregnancy weight gain raises the risk of having a fat baby

Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 10:30 in Health & Medicine

Women who gain too much weight during pregnancy tend to have newborns with a high amount of body fat, regardless of the mother's weight before pregnancy, a new study finds. The results will be presented Tuesday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston.

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