A self-described “mama bear” is swatting back at fatphobes who have criticized her 9-month-old daughter for being “full” figured. “In [my daughter’s] nine months of being alive, I have had seven women ...

Babies are supposed to be cute and chubby, the perfect size for stashing in medium-sized flowerpots! There’s a reason the phrase “baby fat” exists as its own pudginess qualifier, and it’s also why ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies born to overweight or obese women have more fat and less muscle than infants born to normal-weight moms, according to one of the first studies to compare newborns' ...

A new study published in The Journal of Physiology has shown that babies born to mothers who consumed a high-fat, high-sugar diet before and during pregnancy may be at greater risk of developing heart ...

Babies born to mothers with a diet high in fat and sugar may be more at risk of developing heart problems and diabetes as adults, according to a recent study on baboons. Physiologists at the ...