Severely obese women may need to gain less weight during pregnancy
Monday, February 14, 2011 - 00:30
in Health & Medicine
Extremely obese women may not need to gain as much weight during pregnancy as current guidelines suggest, according to a new study. Severely obese women who gained less than the recommended amount of weight during the second and third trimester suffered no ill effects, nor did their babies. In contrast, obese and non-obese women who gained less weight had undesirable outcomes.