Obese pregnant women can safely lose weight
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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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Women who put on or fail to shift excess weight after having a baby risk problems in future pregnancies, doctors warn.
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NEW YORK  - Women who are overweight or  obese before becoming pregnant generally spend a longer time in  labor than thinner women do, a new study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Women who stay active early in  pregnancy may have lower cholesterol than those who take it  easy, new research suggests.
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Women who are overweight or obese before becoming pregnant generally spend a longer time in labor than thinner women do, a new study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Pregnant women with diabetes  tend to have overly large babies, which isn't good for either  party. An Israeli team has now shown that the problem can be  avoided if mothers strictly control their blood sugar levels  during pregnancy.
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NEW YORK  - For women recovering from anorexia nervosa, achieving a normal percentage of body fat seems to indicate that they have a good chance of beating the disease long-term.
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Underweight women are 72% more likely to miscarry in the first three months of pregnancy, a study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Weight loss appears to improve  egg release in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome  (PCOS), a disease involving enlargement of the ovaries often  associated with obesity, menstrual problems, and infertility,  new research shows. This could increase their chances of  becoming pregnant.
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By LINDA A. JOHNSON     -- An obese Massachusetts woman and her 8-month-old fetus died of complications 18 months after stomach-stapling surgery, an apparent first that is leading to warnings about the risks of pregancy soon after the surgery...
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Obese women who are considering restricting their calorie intake to shed pounds should not be dissuaded by those who believe dieting may increase their risk of developing a binge-eating disorder, new study findings suggest.
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Weight loss appears to improve egg release in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a disease involving enlargement of the ovaries often associated with obesity, menstrual problems, and infertility, new research shows. This could increase their chances of becoming pregnant.
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Exercise is not enough to offset the increased death risk associated with being obese, research suggests. A study of more than 116,000 women nurses found physical activity did not totally compensate for the higher death risk associated with being obese.
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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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Breast cancer is more likely to kill obese women than those of normal weight, research suggests. US researchers from the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia examined data on more than 2,000 patients with early stage breast cancer.
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Even if they remained obese, women  who survived breast cancer cut their risk of dying from a  recurrence of the disease if they had a diet rich in fruits and  vegetables and exercised moderately, a study found on Friday.
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The results of a Swedish study confirm that fetal outcome may be compromised in women with a past or active eating disorder. "These women should therefore be recognized as high-risk patients during pregnancy," Dr. Angelica Linden Hirschberg from Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm told Reuters Health.