BabyFit.com Survey Shows 94% of Pregnant Women Concerned about Weight Gain During Pregnancy.CINCINNATI -- More than 94% of pregnant women are concerned about weight gain during pregnancy, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent survey by BabyFit.com, the only online nutrition and fitness program for pregnant women. What concerns them the most? More than 44% are concerned about their babies' health, while 26.2% were concerned about appearance after pregnancy, but only 19.8% were concerned about appearance during pregnancy. According to the Journal of Clinical Nutrition Clinical nutrition The use of diet and nutritional supplements as a way to enhance health prevent disease. Mentioned in: Naturopathic Medicine , pregnant women's concerns are warranted. There are many risks to gaining too much weight during pregnancy. Even becoming moderately overweight during pregnancy is a risk factor for gestational diabetes Gestational Diabetes Definition Gestational diabetes is a condition that occurs during pregnancy. Like other forms of diabetes, gestational diabetes involves a defect in the way the body processes and uses sugars (glucose) in the diet. , and hypertensive hypertensive /hy·per·ten·sive/ (-ten´siv) 1. characterized by increased tension or pressure. 2. an agent that causes hypertension. 3. a person with hypertension. disorders of pregnancy. In addition, infants of overweight mothers require admission to neonatal intensive care units more often than do infants of mothers that gained a normal amount of weight. So how much weight are women really gaining? Of those surveyed, 52.5% of women gained more weight than expected, 35.8% gained as expected and 11.5% gained less weight than expected. While some women gain a moderate amount of weight during pregnancy, others experience significant weight gain, such as one that gained 70 pounds. According to BabyFit.com dietitian dietitian /di·e·ti·tian/ (di?e-tish´in) one skilled in the use of diet in health and disease. di·e·ti·tian or di·e·ti·cian n. A person specializing in dietetics. , Becky Hand, healthy weight gain during pregnancy is about 25-35 pounds, depending on the individual's pre-pregnancy weight. Most pregnant women only needed to add 300 calories per day (about one small meal) during pregnancy to supply the nutrition that the growing baby needs, so she recommends a well-balanced nutrition plan as the best way to ensure the weight gain is healthy. BabyFit offers pregnant women these weight management and nutrition tips: --Continue to exercise moderately during pregnancy, if possible --Drink 8-12 glasses of water daily --Select complex carbohydrates complex carbohydrates, n.pl polysaccharides; nutritional compounds composed of multiple monosaccharide (simple sugar) building blocks. Complex carbohydrates include starches, glycogen, and cellulose. , such as vegetables, fruits, and whole grain breads, cereals, and pasta; rather than simple carbohydrates simple carbohydrates, n.pl sugars—including dextrose, fructose, lactose, maltose, sucrose, white sugar, corn syrup, honey, and turbinado sugar—that are quickly and easily absorbed into the bloodstream. such as cookies, candy, cake, and sugar- sweetened sweet·en v. sweet·ened, sweet·en·ing, sweet·ens v.tr. 1. To make sweet or sweeter by adding sugar, honey, saccharin, or another sweet substance. 2. To make more pleasant or agreeable. beverages --Consider low fat foods, such as low fat milk and dairy products, and lean meats "We assist the pregnant woman in creating an individualized in·di·vid·u·al·ize tr.v. in·di·vid·u·al·ized, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·ing, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·es 1. To give individuality to. 2. To consider or treat individually; particularize. 3. nutrition and exercise plan to benefit the baby as well as herself," said Hand. "With tools such as the Nutrition Tracker on BabyFit.com, pregnant women can easily track the nutrients that are especially important during pregnancy to make sure they are meeting their nutritional needs." BabyFit.com's individualized fitness programs enable women to monitor and control excessive weight gain, prepare their bodies to return to their pre-pregnancy shape faster, and experience a healthy lifestyle and better fitness throughout their pregnancy. It offers pregnant women the only online personalized nutrition and fitness program, to provide them with expert guidance on everything from healthy weight gain to safe exercise guidelines while pregnant. |
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