Study suggests dieting can lower risk for mom and baby. May 18, 2012 — -- At a time when women are "eating for two," dieting can safely lower the health risks of obesity during pregnancy, ...

Northwestern Medicine has launched a program to help patients who have concerns related to obesity and are planning a pregnancy. Women with higher levels of body fat sometimes struggle to conceive and ...

Struggling with excess weight? Blame mom. Over one billion people worldwide are living with obesity, defined as having a BMI of 30 or higher. The World Health Organization officially declared obesity ...

Obesity before pregnancy, not just during, may shape a child’s brain and raise the risk of autism spectrum disorder, a new study has found. Epigenetic changes in eggs triggered gene shifts linked to ...

Study will treat obese moms-to-be with diabetes drug to slim down their babies. July 8, 2011— -- How far will we go to prevent childhood obesity? U.K. researchers are bringing the battle against ...

A mother's weight before pregnancy could be linked to autism-like behaviors in her children. This is the conclusion of a study by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, who found that ...

When expectant mothers have elevated blood pressure during pregnancy, it may raise their children's risk of developing childhood obesity, according to a study published in the Endocrine Society's ...