> From:    "Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: article on childhood obestiy
There's an entire generation of women who were told (in the 1950s) to gain 
only 15 lb
> during pregnancy, to ensure a small baby and an easy birth.

Here in Japan, pregnant women are advised to gain only 8-10 kgs for those 
very reasons. Which means that the non-Japanese mothers are getting lectured 
at every prenatal visit about their "excessive" weight gain, even though it 
might be within the range of normal for Western mothers.This can be very 
upsetting for those mothers,  who are often told that because of the weight 
gain they will have a difficult birth. Many of them end up dieting during 
pregnancy, and yet still gain more than the recommended amount.

Happy New Year from Tokyo
Iona Macnab IBCLC LLL

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