Some people lose weight when breastfeeding, possibly due to the extra calories the body uses to produce milk. Many factors can impact a person’s weight, and some people do not lose weight while ...

NEW YORK — Research has already shown a link between breastfeeding and lower obesity risk for babies. But a new study finds another association: “Breast is best” for them even compared with giving ...

Pulling on her size 10, pre-pregnancy skinny jeans less than a fortnight after giving birth last year, Hannah Newman-Evans couldn't contain her delight at regaining her figure so quickly. Rather than ...

A UNC Greensboro (UNCG) study following 299 women and their infants from pregnancy to toddlerhood examined mul ple psychological, biological, and social factors in the context of infants' rapid weight ...

Background: Ghrelin, a 28 amino-acid peptide mainly secreted by the stomach, displays different metabolic functions such as the regulation of food intake. Evidences about how early feeding mode could ...

In addition to the breastfeeding assessment tools described here, other parameters that must also be assessed by health care professionals to assure that adequate milk transfer is occurring include: 1 ...