A UNC Greensboro (UNCG) study following 299 women and their infants from ... factors in the context of infants' rapid weight ...

Some people lose weight when breastfeeding ... notes that pregnancy can play a role in increased weight gain, and up to 20% of women keep 5 kilograms or more of the weight they gained in pregnancy.

This will help them gain the right amount ... their doctor may want them to lose weight. They should only lose weight under their doctor's care. But in most cases, women should not try to lose ...

About 10% of women of childbearing age are negatively affected by PCOS, a complicated hormonal syndrome characterized by infertility, weight gain, anovulation or irregular menses, unwanted and ...

Women in America gain twice as much weight as men each decade because they exercise less and give birth, a new study finds. Researchers at Brigham Young University (BYU), in Provo, Utah ...

Furthermore, these differences have the potential to influence feeding ... than women. Men may therefore enjoy food more than women, on average, which could lead to overeating and weight gain.

Abdominal weight gain in women is commonly influenced by hormonal changes like menopause-related estrogen decline and stress-induced cortisol levels. Lifestyle factors such as poor diet and lack ...

International guidelines from the U.S. Institute of Medicine (IOM) state that women with obesity should gain a total of 5 to 9 kg during pregnancy, compared to 11.5 to 16 kg for normal-weight women.