Age-old advice encouraging expectant mothers to eat for two during pregnancy could condemn women to a life of obesity and illness, according to the University of Queensland researchers who are presenting their work at the International Conference on Obesity in Stockholm.
The focus of attention in the past has been on the health of the baby, rather than the health of the mother. In the Olden Days, people didn't have easy access to food and there was a risk of low birth weight babies. So that advice might have been fine then. Not now.
Overeating during pregnancy can quadruple the risk of long term overweight, obesity, diabetes and heart disease. The researchers found that being relaxed about your eating during pregnancy resulted in being 3 stone overweight 21 years later. The research demonstrated that it is hard to shift excess weight gained during pregnancy.
Their recommendation is to lose weight before pregnancy and to eat a normal healthy diet during pregnancy. About 10 to 12kg is a healthy weight gain.
To help you get back to healthy eating, try hypnotherapy before pregnancy. It will help you with the birth too!
The focus of attention in the past has been on the health of the baby, rather than the health of the mother. In the Olden Days, people didn't have easy access to food and there was a risk of low birth weight babies. So that advice might have been fine then. Not now.
Overeating during pregnancy can quadruple the risk of long term overweight, obesity, diabetes and heart disease. The researchers found that being relaxed about your eating during pregnancy resulted in being 3 stone overweight 21 years later. The research demonstrated that it is hard to shift excess weight gained during pregnancy.
Their recommendation is to lose weight before pregnancy and to eat a normal healthy diet during pregnancy. About 10 to 12kg is a healthy weight gain.
To help you get back to healthy eating, try hypnotherapy before pregnancy. It will help you with the birth too!
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