06 September 2007

Shedding weight during pregnancy: not a good thing

This is why making the prenatal nutrition guidelines more stringent in dangerous. This woman was on a 'weight loss' eating plan throughout her pregnancy:
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/features/Kelly-shed-pounds-while-being.3173067.jp

Even though her midwife told her she could stay on the plan (she had been losing weight before falling pregnant for a second time after the birth of her first son) because it was just 'healthy eating', I still find it disturbing that she was not on the plan to 'eat healthfully', she was on the plan with the intention of losing weight.

1 comment:

Tsismosa said...

Well, in the article it didn't look like anything went wrong. It didn't really elaborate too much. I think if you accidentally lose some weight from the shift to a healthier lifestyle that's okay, that can happen even if you're pregnant. But if you're doing it on purpose, letting yourself go hungry when you're pregnant, definitely not good. It didn't really say though.

 
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