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Researcher discusses changing the pregnancy culture to ‘eating for you,’ not for two


Leanne Redman, Ph.D., director of the Reproductive Endocrinology and Women’s Health Laboratory at Pennington Biomedical. Credit: Pennington Biomedical Research Center For many generations, society has embraced the idea that pregnant women are “eating for two.” That adage is frequently invoked as mothers-to-be are encouraged to abandon diets and overindulge in every food craving in the name of nutrition. It might have been sound advice back in the 1950s. Back then, only 1 in 10 women was dealing with health issues related to being overweight. But times have changed. As a Read More