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Article: Obese Women Who Gain More Than 15 Pounds in Pregnancy Retain Nearly Half the Weight a Year Later.
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- Life Science Weekly
- Article date:
- November 3, 2009
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Obese women who gain more than the recommended amount during pregnancy are much more likely to retain a portion of that weight one year after they give birth, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the November issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology (see also Obesity and Diabetes).
This is the largest U.S. study to examine the relationship between excessive weight gain during pregnancy and weight retention specifically in pregnant women who are obese. Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the study of 1,656 obese women found that most of them gained too much weight during pregnancy, then, on average, kept on 40 percent of the weight one ...