Review Set for Pregnancy Weight Advice

August 14th, 2007 in Medicine & Health / Health
Review Set for Pregnancy Weight Advice (AP)

Jennifer Lepine, 35, of Roswell, Ga. talks about diets and weight advice while being pregnant during an interview on July 27, 2007 in Atlanta, Ga. An influential U.S. medical panel is considering changes to the medical guidelines for how much weight a woman should gain during pregnancy. It's acting on the insistence of doctors who say heavy moms are gaining too much weight and the current recommendations do not factor in the country's obesity epidemic. (AP Photo/Gene Blythe)

(AP) -- Before Jennifer Lepine became pregnant, she heard other soon-to-be moms say she should "eat for two." But that conflicted with what her doctor told her: Consume only 300 extra calories a day and gain no more than 35 pounds.

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