Obesity in pregnancy is a risk for women

• April 16, 2024

To be pregnant it does not mean eating more; although at this stage women experience hormonal changes and an overload on your body, you should not consume more calories, because you run the risk of being obese mothers .

In an interview with the doctor Gerardo Tinoco Jaramillo , chief of gynecology General Hospital , indicates that those women who climb more than 15 kilos during their gestation period, are obese mothers :

"Increasing between 15 and 20 kilos is something abnormal. This should not happen; the woman needs to have enough nutrients, but these are not acquired by consuming more calories ; that damages your body a lot. "

Lower quality of life

In this sense, Dr. Jaramillo indicates that by increasing so many kilos, women present problems that reduce their quality of life, as varicose veins , hemorrhoids , problems in the spine and stones in the vesicle :

"Women must have a balanced feeding and more in this stage of life, because it is alarming that they increase so many kilos. 60 or 70% of the pregnant they go up more than 15 kilos. "

Enjoy the food

According to the expert in the area of ​​gynecology, the pregnant women they must have a diet rich in complex carbohydrates (cereals, rice, whole wheat bread) and reduced in proteins :

"The ideal for a woman who expects a baby is to consume 20% protein, 50% carbohydrates and 30% vegetable fat, such as avocado, olive oil, etc ..."

The gynecologist indicates that this regimen, combined with a physical activity moderate, how swim or do yoga , 4 or 5 days a week, will help the woman to climb 10 kilos maximum in the pregnancy .

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