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• Is This Baby Obese? Aussie Mom Says No

  Are we too quick to call babies overweight and obese? One Australian mother thinks so, and she's pulled her infant from a daycare center for fears the staff there, who labelled her ten-month-old overweight, will fail to feed her adequately. Olivia Villella, ten months old, is hitting the 75th pecentile for weight and the 25th for height -- maybe a little on the round side, but nothing most doctors would worry about -- but her teachers at the ABC childcare center in Australia have called her fat and obese (which her four-year-old brother mis-heard as "a fat beast"), prompting her mother to worry they will withold food from her should she remain there. Read More... Posted Dec 09 2008, 03:02 PM by Kate Tuttle with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: toddler, infant, baby, australia, obesity, overweight, daycare, obese

• They Say: Healthier Pregnancies, Babies After Gastric Bypass

  It used to be that pregnancy was a time of blessed reprieve for overweight women. Once the belly grew out past the "is she or isn't she" point, they could bask in the public affirmation of their size instead of worrying about being judged for it. Ladies, those days are gone. Overweight and pregnant, it seems, isn't cute when it means an increased risk of not only gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia but also prematurity, low birth weight, and other neonate ills. So for women of childbearing age who are significantly overweight or obese, a new report suggests, undergoing weight-loss surgery before becoming pregnant might be the smartest thing you can do. Read More... Posted Nov 20 2008, 01:30 PM by Kate Tuttle with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: pregnancy, obesity, overweight, bariatric surgery, gastric bypass, obese, weight-loss surgery

• My Big Fat American Pregnancy

  Let me entice you with the ironic quote: “Pregnancy,” [Dr. Raul] Artal says, “is itself a major contributor to the obesity epidemic.” So what happens when you were already obese before you found yourself in a family way? Read More... Posted Jul 13 2008, 02:00 PM by Adrienne Martini with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: birth, pregnant, labor, obese, OB/GYN, obstetrics, bariatrics

• Weekly Check-Up: Messy House Making You Fat?

  Hmmm, is it just a coincidence that two of the first things to go when many people have kids are standards of house cleanliness and, well, the ass? Oh please. Apparently one of Oprah's special friends believes an untidy home can keep you fat. "Clutter expert" (do you need a Master's degree for that) Peter Walsh says he was stunned to discover that when people got organized, they also started making healthy food choices. I suppose a skeptical person could point out that our society's current fixation with obesity might make "it helps you lose weight!" a key selling point for all kinds of stuff, like, say, a book on home organization, but we can't find our skeptics under all these piles of papers and empty fast food containers.  So, how exactly does clutter keep you heavy? Well...   Read More... Posted Feb 28 2008, 08:31 AM by Kelly Mills with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: nutrition, Oprah, fat, organization, overweight, cleaning, weight, experts, housework, weekly check up, clutter, real you, obese, healthy food choices, clean house