I was born in 1958.  One researcher suggests that a number of things that began in that decade have set us up for obesity since then: Less breastfeeding (we’ve written about this often) Less weight gain during pregnancy (often due to …

Article in the medical journal Lancet: …used vital statistics natality records to examine all known births in Michigan and New Jersey, USA, between Jan 1, 1989, and Dec 31, 2003. Maternal weight gain during pregnancy increases birthweight independently of genetic …

Mothers who gained more than roughly 20lbs during pregnancy gave birth to larger babies.  This may predispose their babies to diabetes and high blood pressure later in life. Excessive weight gain in moms can produce diabetes in the mom, premature …

A new survey from France published in the British Medical Journal documents a number of concerns about the sexual health of obese people: …the rate of unplanned pregnancies is four times higher among single obese women than normal weight women, …

Obesity in pregnancy is causing more and more problems for mom and kids.  From the NY Times: About one in five women are obese when they become pregnant… (a 5-foot-5 woman weighing 180 pounds)…  obesitymight be contributing to record-high rates …