Birth outcomes okay in moms with anorexia history
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NEW YORK  - A history of anorexia nervosa   does not appear to be significantly associated with pregnancy   complications or negative birth outcomes, according to a study   by Swedish researchers.
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NEW YORK  - Pregnant women who put on more  pounds than generally recommended are more likely to undergo a  Cesarean delivery, according to a new study.
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Mothers who breast-feed are less likely to restrict their child&#39;s food intake as the youngster grows up, new research finds. One possible explanation: Breast-feeding mothers
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Pregnant women who put on more pounds than generally recommended are more likely to undergo a Cesarean delivery, according to a new study.
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Many parents with obese or overweight children fail to recognise their child has a weight problem, a new study shows. The findings published in today&#39;s British Medical Journal found some
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Expectant mothers suffering from  asthma, allergies or a type of skin disease have a higher risk  of giving birth to an autistic child, a study said on Monday.
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Increasing a mother's intake of folic acid by adding the vitamin to food supplies has been shown to cut the risk of having a baby with neural tube defects, a birth defect in which the spine doesn't fuse properly. However, new research indicates that this benefit is much weaker in overweight and obese women.
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Children born to mothers who  developed diabetes during pregnancy are more likely to be  overweight or obese than their peers, according to a new study.
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NEW YORK  - A woman who has had one successful vaginal birth after cesarean delivery is even more likely to succeed during subsequent trials of vaginal birth, new research suggests.
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Women who try to give birth naturally  after having had a Caesarean face a slightly higher risk of  serious medical problems, according to a comprehensive study  released on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - The heavier a woman is when she becomes pregnant, the less likely she is to stick with breast-feeding long-term, a new study from Denmark shows.
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NEW YORK  - Young adults who were born at a  very low weight may have a higher-than-average rate of some  psychological problems, a new study suggests.
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Eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia have gotten  plenty of attention in recent years. But the first attempt to document how common eating disorders are nationwide  produced  surprises.
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NEW YORK  - Upwardly mobile white women who grew up in poverty have a lower risk of having an underweight infant, but the same is not true of black women, a study published Tuesday suggests.
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A Danish study has found women who were tall and skinny as teenagers have a higher risk of contracting breast cancer. The study published in The New England Journal of Health found women who were heavy babies
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Obese pregnant women can avoid  weight gain or even lose some weight without harming their  babies, a small study suggests.
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Newborns face little risk of birth defects from antidepressants taken by many women early in pregnancy, say the reassuring findings of the two biggest studies of this controversial link.