Previous studies have found that diet and physical activity have an overall benefit on
limiting weight gain during pregnancy, but findings have varied for their protective effect on maternal and offspring outcomes.
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Staying cool during hot weather is probably a smart idea, says Dr. Booth, but women can also protect themselves from gestational diabetes by following strategies that have been proven to lower their risk — like achieving a healthier body weight before they conceive, and avoiding
excess weight gain during pregnancy by consuming a healthy diet and being physically active.
While weight gain during pregnancy is normal and necessary, studies have shown that certain ranges of weight gain given a specific body mass index (BMI) result in more positive outcomes for both fetus and mother.
She'll also inch closer to the recommended 25 to 35
pound weight gain during pregnancy (although that's an average, and varies depending on a woman's pre-pregnancy weight).
The Institute of Medicine's guidelines for
weight gain during pregnancy say that if you start pregnancy with a body mass index (BMI) of 18.5 to 24.9, 25 to 35 pounds is a reasonable weight gain.
Kathleen M. Rasmussen, ScD, RD, the Nancy Schlegel Meinig professor of maternal and child nutrition at Cornell University and chair of the IOM committee that authored the May 2009
Weight Gain During Pregnancy Report.
Most woman become so diet conscious post pregnancy due to
irregular weight gain during pregnancy periods.Being a dietician i recommend a balanced diet with inclusion of natural food, fruits that are lower in fat but high in energy and protein since post pregnancy it becomes necessary for a woman to gain the appetite back.
There are a wide variety of factors that can cause stretch marks to appear during pregnancy however the most common cause is due to the rapid and
significant weight gain during pregnancy as well as the change in the body size of the expecting mother.
Excess
weight gain during pregnancy increases the risk of a number of pregnancy complications including gestational diabetes, high blood pressure, fetal growth abnormalities and increased difficulty during labor and delivery.
«This study suggests that
sufficient weight gain during pregnancy may help to dilute certain chemicals that store in fat, reducing exposure to the fetus,» said Jonathan Chevrier, an epidemiologist at McGill University in Montreal who did not participate in the research.
The results show that mothers with excessive
weight gain during pregnancy weighed more and had greater body fat seven years after delivery if they began pregnancy at normal or slight overweight.
«I have to confess that I found the barrage of information about the number of serves of the various food groups you should eat every day utterly overwhelming, especially when it seemed to be offered in tandem with advice
regarding weight gain during pregnancy,» says Kathleen Gandy, author of Eating for Two.
Dieting combined with physical activity significantly reduced the mother's
weight gain during pregnancy by an average of 0.7 kg compared to the control group and lowered the odds of the mother having a caesarean section by about 10 per cent.
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Monitoring weight gain during pregnancy is key for optimal outcomes, and this is the first time we've had a glimpse of reference points for women with class II and class III obesity,» continues Dr. Hutcheon.