Nearly Half Of Women Alter Childbearing Plans Because Of Recession, Guttmacher Study Finds

Good news!

"Forty-four percent of working-class women want to have fewer children or delay pregnancy because of the economic recession, according to a study by the Guttmacher Institute, the Washington Post's 'Daily Dose' reports. A nationally representative sample of 947 women ages 18 to 34 at risk of getting pregnant and living in households with incomes less than $75,000 was surveyed in July and August. Of women who reported a desire to reduce or delay childbearing because of the economic recession, 31% said they want to get pregnant later, 28% want fewer children than previously planned and 7% no longer want any additional children (Stein, 'Daily Dose,' Washington Post, 9/23)."

Since a substantial number of women during their child-bearing years are fat, and fat parents overwhelmingly have fat kids, who are nutritionally abused kids, any reduction in exposing kids to the harms their parents cause is, statistically-speaking, something that is more good than bad.

"Q: How many adults age 20 and older are overweight or obese (BMI > 25)?

A: About two-thirds of U.S. adults are overweight or obese.[6]

All adults: 133.6 million (66 percent)
Women: 65 million (61.6 percent)
Men: 68.3 million (70.5 percent)

* The statistics presented here are based on the following definitions unless otherwise specified: healthy weight = BMI > 18.5 to < overweight =" BMI"> 25 to < obesity =" BMI"> 30; and extreme obesity = BMI > 40."

Of interest is that the Gut-maker Institute did the study.