Wednesday, December 9, 2009

The weight of pregnancy

How should a pregnant woman to take kilos? Eternal matter is far from settled. Especially as the weight taken during pregnancy appears to influence the weight of the child in his early years.

A pregnant woman who takes too many pounds during her pregnancy may have a child with overweight at age three. In any case, according to a study published in the April issue of American Journal of Obstetrics \u0026 Gynecology. The whole question is to determine the maximum weight to be taken not to have a baby fat but is not too thin, which is also dangerous for his health.

According to Dr. Emily Oken, School of Medicine at Harvard, even women who met the recommendations of their gynecologist and had not yet grown to exceed the weight permitted presented four times more likely to have a baby too big at the age of three years than those who had less weight than normal. Should in this case to scale back medical advice on weight gain during pregnancy? For now it is too early to decide but there will likely correction in the near future.

Weight gain is in any case depend on the BMI of the mother and they must know that obesity initially creates problems for the woman and child. The first may be forced to give birth by Caesarean section while the child more likely to also be obese himself. To Dr. Oken, women with a BMI below 20 may take 7 to twelve kilograms, those with a BMI between eleven and sixteen, while those who are overweight (BMI\u003e 29) should not exceed six pounds .

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