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USA: A recent study published in The Lancet revealed that excessive weight gain during pregnancy was associated with a 9% to 12% increase in all-cause mortality risk in women with BMI in the normal...

1. Among underweight mothers, weight gain in pregnancy above the recommendations was associated with increased cardiovascular mortality. 2. Gestational weight gain in mothers with normal weight was associated with increased all-cause and cardiovascular mortality but not diabetes-related mortality. Evidence Rating Level: 2 (Good) Study Rundown: High pregnancy weight gain is linked to increased postpartum weight

Excessive weight gain in pregnancy is associated with various pregnancy complications, yet its long-term implications on women, such as mortality rates, remain unknown. Prof Cuilin Zhang from the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics and Director of the Global Center for Asian Women’s Health (GloW) at NUS Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania and the US National Institutes of Health investigated the association between weight gain during pregnancy, and mortality rate, with a follow-u...

Excessive weight gain in pregnancy is associated with various pregnancy complications, yet its long-term implications on women, such as mortality rates, remain unknown. Prof Cuilin Zhang from the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics and Director of the Global Center for Asian Women’s Health (GloW) at NUS Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania and the US National Institutes of Health investigated the association between weight gain during pregnancy, and mortality rate, with a follow-u...

50 years of data offer insight into cardiovascular, diabetes, and all-cause mortality

A study published in The Lancet journal suggests that pregnant women who gain more weight than recommended are at a higher risk of death from heart disease or diabetes later in life.

Over 50 years of data cement the association between pregnancy complications and premature death, but solutions remain elusive.

Even caffeine amounts that are less than the recommended limit can affect a childs development, the study found.

A new paper published in JAMA Network Open discusses the relationship between caffeine consumption in pregnancy and the future growth of the offspring.

Children of women in fourth versus first quartile of plasma caffeine concentration had lower height z scores.