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Celebrities In Trouble For Shedding Baby Fat Too Quick

Celebrities have been criticized for losing baby weight too quickly and starting a new trend with new mothers.

Experts have warned that too much weight loss after giving birth could impact breastfeeding.

The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), also stressed that weight gain during pregnancy was important to nourish the growing baby.

The Institute’s Director, Professor Peter Sawicki, said: “Often, the extra effort women have to make to look after a new baby and breastfeed after giving birth means the kilos just melt away without effort,”

“But for about half of all women, the weight will not go away as quickly,”

Other studies have shown that if women become overweight during pregnancy, they will have higher chances of weight problems if they have not returned to a normal weight within a year of having a baby.

“It is not a good idea to ‘eat for two’ in pregnancy and forget about your weight until after the baby is born if you are at all overweight or prone to overweight already.

“Women need to eat well enough for themselves and their baby, but pregnancy is not a time to overeat,” ,” said Professor Sawicki.

Evidence shows that a balance diet, with or without extra exercise, will help new mothers regain control of their weight.

         

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Early Feeding Habits Of Babies Linked With Childhood Obesity

More research has been released about how early feeding habits may be linked with childhood obesity.

Researchers at Rutgers University studied 96 low-earning mothers from minority backgrounds. The mothers were observed giving formula to their babies to predict weight gain from birth to 3 months, 3 to 6 months, and 6 to 12 months.

As well as the mothers birth weight, age, education, BMI and ethnic background, they recorded how many feeds the child had and how good the mother was at knowing her baby was full.

Finding showed that none of the factors for the first six months of age could be used to predict weight gain of the infants.

For infants between 6 and 12 months, there was evidence that the amount of feedings and how sensitive the mother was to knowing when the baby was full, did affect weight gain.

The study, which was published this month in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, read “for those mothers who may inevitably elect to use formula, modest interventions may be tried to demonstrate optimal feeding styles. For example … expectant mothers could view an educational video program that showcases infant behaviors that bear on feeding.”

         

Probiotics Found To Get Rid Of ‘Flabby Tums’ After Pregnancy

Probiotics have been found to help get rid of ‘baby bellies’ after pregnancy. The new research from the University of Turku in Finland was released at the 17th European Congress on Obesity in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The study followed 256 pregnant women to find out more about weight gain during and after pregnancy.

All of the women, who were in their first trimester of pregnancy, were divided into three groups for the study. Two of the groups received dietary counseling on which food they should eat for a healthy weight gain and for optimum development of their unborn child. They were provided with foods high in monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids, and fiber-enriched foods such as pasta and cereals.

One of the group, in addition to this support, were supplied with probiotic capsules containing lactobacillus and bifidobacterium. Probiotics have become popular over the last decade with their ability to improve digestion. They contain “friendly” bacteria which improves the health of the gut. The second group was provided with ‘dummy’ capsules.

The final group received ‘dummy’ capsules and no dietary counseling.

Researchers weighed the women at the start of the study, and again one year after they had given birth. Waist circumference and skin fold thickness were also recorded.

From the data collected, 25 percent of the women who had been adviced on what food to eat and given probiotics had a body mass index of 30 or more, and defined as centrally obese.

The group which was not provided with probiotics, 43 percent of the women were described to have central obesity.

For the third group which did not take probiotics or receive dietary advice, 40 percent had central obesity.

Central obesity, when combined with more fat around the belly, is considered to be particularly unhealthy.
The study also showed that there was a lower average in body fat percentage in the group which took probiotics.

Nutritionalist Kirsi Laitinen said “The women who got the probiotics fared best,”

“One year after childbirth, they had the lowest levels of central obesity as well as the lowest body fat percentage.”

Laitinen said that more research is needed to learn more about the effects of taking a probiotic to reduce a ‘flabby tum’ and on the health of the children.

         

Watts Loses Baby Weight Without Exercise

English born actress Naomi Watts has reclaimed her pre-pregnancy figure just two months after giving birth.

The 40-year-old actress who is known for her roles in King Kong, Funny Games and 21 Grams gave birth to her second son in December. She insists that she has lost all her baby weight without exercise and has not been on a diet.

“I haven’t even done much exercise yet (and) I eat more now than I did when I was pregnant!” Watts said.

         

Alba Reveals Secret To Shedding Baby Pounds

Actress Jessica Alba has recently admitted that she was reduced to tears trying to regain her figure after giving birth last summer.

Alba, 27, star of “The Fantastic Four” and “The Love Guru” gave birth to her daughter Honor last June.

With the pressure on the Hollywood actress to lose her baby weight immediately, she undertook a draining fitness programme and healthy diet.

In a recent interview with Elle magazine, the actress said that exercising five or six days a week was worse than giving birth. “The workouts were horrible. I cried. And I haven’t worked out since.”

She also revealed her secret to looking slim so quick was not the exercise, but in fact a girdle.

“Eight weeks after my girlfriend had her baby, you could see her six-pack,” the actress said. “She told me to put an elastic band around my waist — any kind of band or girdle works. She was like, ‘I slept in it.’ I didn’t recover as fast as she did. I don’t have a six-pack — that’s just not my body at all.”