Being obese during pregnancy may raise the likelihood of your infant being apparently bigger, according to a new study.

With nearly one-third of all US children ages 2 to 19 currently overweight or obese, childhood obesity has become an epidemic. Fortunately, this condition is preventable in many cases.

Losing weight may need to be a priority for heavier women who are thinking about getting pregnant.

Parents play a crucial part in keeping their children healthy. For mothers, that influence starts when their baby is in the womb.

Obesity can contribute to a range of different health problems, but for pregnant women, those problems may affect two people.

When a woman becomes pregnant, her health affects her and her baby both. Being overweight or obese can also play a part in how a woman's pregnancy goes.

Being overweight can be a burden for an expectant mother. When it comes to labor and delivery, that extra weight can cause certain complications for both the mother and child.

Pregnant women are advised to take prenatal vitamins to ensure they get all the nutrients they need. But their weight may play a role in how many of those nutrients reach their baby.

More and more has been learned about child obesity in the past few decades. What if we could put all the known risk factors together to get a sense of a child's overall risk of being overweight? We can.

Many factors influence individuals' weight. The same is true for children. Preventing obesity is easier when we know what factors increase a baby's risk of becoming overweight.