"With Counseling, Obese Women Gained Less Weight in Pregnancy"

Nutrition and exercise counseling kept obese women from gaining too much weight and resulted in fewer pregnancy complications

(dailyRx News) Obese women who become pregnant face many challenges, but researchers have found that a little help can go a long way.

Obese women who stuck to an intensive nutrition and exercise program in the first three months of pregnancy did not gain as much weight and had healthier pregnancies than women who were not in the program or women who did not follow the advice of the program.