Wellness

Obesity increases health risks for pregnant women and their babies

By Dr CONNIE LIEW, Dr GINSKY CHAN and Dr KHOR SWEE KHENG
Women tend to retain the weight they gain during pregnancy, which leads them to increase in weight for each subsequent pregnancy. — AFP

Our country’s social and economic progress since Malaya’s independence in 1957 has been impressive.

Our public healthcare system and the private marketplace have combined to dramatically reduce malnutrition, stunting and underweight children.

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Women's health , pregnancy , obesity , non-communicable diseases , NCDs

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