Diet and support may help limit pregnancy weight gain

Compared to obese expectant mothers without special care and support gained less weight during pregnancy, says new study.

“More than half of women in the US start out their pregnancies overweight or obese, and approximately half of all pregnant women gain too much weight during pregnancy, which can lead to increasing overweight and obesity,” says lead author Dr Kimberly K Vesco of the Center for Health Research at Kaiser Permanente, Northwest, in Portland, Oregon.