No rush to lose excess weight following child birth
Trying to copy celebrities who are back in skinny jeans weeks after giving birth is unrealistic and dangerous, new mothers are being warned.
It can take women six months or even a year, not weeks, to shed the weight they put on in pregnancy, say experts.
Crash diets and intensive exercise programmes are not only likely to fail but can harm mother and baby.
The advice comes from Germany’s Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care.
According to the Institute, women are under too much pressure to lose weight quickly after giving birth, when many need some of that extra weight to provide nourishment for the baby.
And celebrities who snap back to their normal weight within weeks of having a baby are not a true reflection of real life.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8114262.stm
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