Weighty Matters

Obese Women Gain Too Much Weight During Pregnancy, Study Says

Oh, Lord. Keeping up with the ACOG theme of women being too old and fat to deliver normally, this headline really chapped my hide. Yes, obesity has health risks, and ideally we'd all begin pregnancy in perfect physical form, but really, Dr. Artal, is pregnancy really one of the leading contributors to the obesity epidemic? Women should try to limit their weight gain during pregnancy because they're too lazy to lose it postpartum?