Excess weight and obesity have gained attention as serious threats to global health. The number of women who are overweight or obese during pregnancy has also increased. During pregnancy, excess ...

Northwestern Medicine has launched a program to help patients who have concerns related to obesity and are planning a pregnancy. Women with higher levels of body fat sometimes struggle to conceive and ...

A mother's weight before pregnancy could be linked to autism-like behaviors in her children. This is the conclusion of a study by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, who found that ...