Overweight pregnant women are target of new guidelines

And about time, too, as Fitness Watch has been saying for years.

Obesity levels among pregnant women have reached epidemic levels, putting the health of their babies at risk, experts say.

The health watchdog NICE has issued new guidelines encouraging women in England to attain a healthy weight before they get pregnant...

It says almost half of women of childbearing age are overweight or obese, which could harm their child.

A start in the direction of preventing early nutritional child abuse.