Eating Disorders During Pregnancy
Posted on September 13, 2007
Filed Under Pregnancy Food Plan |
A variety of factors, including society’s emphasis on thinness, has resulted in an alarming number of people with the eating disorders anorexia and bulimia. These disorders mostly affect young women in the childbearing years.
Anorexia is seen in as many as 1 percent of female high school or college students. Bulimia affects from 3 to 19 percent of young women.Few young women with anorexia become pregnant because the condition interferes with the menstrual cycle and reproductive ability. Bulimia is usually less severe. If you suffer from either of these eating disorders, you should work with your physician or midwife and a team of specialists, including a psychologist and clinical nutritionist, to ensure that you gain enough weight in pregnancy and that you and your fetus get adequate nutrients. Remember, you should never lose weight in pregnancy. Remaining the same weight is equivalent to losing weight. Pregnancy is a good time to work against these illnesses as the health of your baby is at stake as well as your own.
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