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Obesity before or during pregnancy is the root cause of future cardiovascular disease, not simply the development of preeclampsia or gestational diabetes, Northwestern Medicine researchers say.

A recent Scientific Reports study investigated the association between obesity in early pregnancy and long-term post-pregnancy risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Study: Prepregnancy overweight and ...

A new study suggests that stopping GLP-1 medications before pregnancy may be linked to higher rates of complications and gestational weight gain. Experts caution that the findings don't prove ...

A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research has found that the smell of fatty foods during pregnancy ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children whose mothers had obesity both before and after pregnancy had significantly higher odds of obesity.

A recent study published in the JAMA Network Open Journal assessed whether metabolic phenotyping during pregnancy, beyond pre-pregnancy obesity or gestational diabetes status, increases the risk of ...

Sixty-five percent of 448 pregnancies among people previously prescribed GLP-1 medications included excess gestational weight gain, compared with 49 percent of 1,344 pregnancies among those who did ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths. Growing rates of obesity are contributing to more heart disease risks during and after pregnancy, experts warn. People with obesity are ...

New research shows that exposure to the smell of fatty foods during pregnancy and early life can reprogram the developing brain and increase the risk of obesity and insulin resistance in adulthood.