Yourwellness Magazine Explores Healthy Eating During Pregnancy
London, UK (PRWEB UK) 20 July 2013 -- According to a new study, ‘Maternal Overweight and Obesity During Pregnancy With Increased Risk of Preterm Delivery’, published in the June 12th Issue of JAMA (JAMA. 2013;309(22):2362-2370), there was an association between maternal overweight and obesity during pregnancy with the highest risks observed for extremely preterm deliveries. This study was led by Sven Cnattingius, MD, PhD, of the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and is based on more than 1.5 million deliveries in Sweden between 1992 and 2010. Compared with normal-weight women, women with grade 2 and 3 obesity (BMI≥35) had 0.2% to 0.3% higher rates of extremely preterm delivery and 0.3% to 0.4% higher rates of very preterm delivery.
In their report, the study authors wrote, “These results can be generalised to other populations with similar or higher rates of maternal obesity or preterm delivery in as much as the underlying pathways linking maternal obesity and preterm delivery are common across populations…Considering the high morbidity and mortality among extremely preterm infants, even small absolute differences in risks will have consequences for infant health and survival.” (http://media.jamanetwork.com/news-item/maternal-overweight-and-obesity-during-pregnancy-associated-with-increased-risk-of-preterm-delivery/)
With this in mind, Yourwellness Magazine explored healthy eating for conception and pregnancy. According to Yourwellness Magazine, “[Having a] healthy body weight is important before pregnancy. If you’re very underweight, it can be more difficult to conceive. Being obese may also cause problems with conceiving especially if you suffer from polycystic ovary syndrome. Women who are obese while pregnant also increase the risk of complications during pregnancy, delivery and in the few days after birth.”
Yourwellness Magazine outlined what women need to eat in order to conceive and have a healthy pregnancy:
• Plenty of starchy carbohydrates – bread, rice, pasta, breakfast cereals, chapattis, couscous and potatoes.
• Plenty of fruit and vegetables – at least five portions a day.
• Low or reduced fat dairy products such as milk, yoghurt, fromage frais and pasteurised cheeses.
• Lean sources of protein, such as meat, poultry, fish, eggs (well-cooked), beans and pulses.
• Not too many fat-rich and sugary foods.
• Six to eight medium glasses of fluid each day.
• Very little or no alcohol.
To find out more, visit the gateway to living well at http://www.yourwellness.com.
Michael Kitt, Yourwellness Publishing Ltd, http://www.yourwellness.com, 0208 588 9553, [email protected]
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