Diet Associated With Improved Outcomes in Pregnancy

More evidence of nutritional child abuse.

Among dietary and lifestyle interventions, those based on diet appear to be the most effective and are associated with reduced weight gain during pregnancy and improved obstetric outcomes, according to the findings of a new systematic review and metaanalysis.

Shakila Thangaratinam, PhD, from the Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom, and colleagues described their findings in an article published online May 17 in the British Medical Journal.

According to the researchers, in Europe and the United States, 20% to 40% of women gain more than the recommended weight during pregnancy, and this weight gain is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Fat people should not reproduce.