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German doctors say celebrity mothers like Victoria Beckham and Nicole Kidman who lose their baby weight in a flash are setting a bad example to ordinary women.
While many celebrities regain their pre-pregnancy figures with ease, the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care says ordinary women should take the long view.

A US mum’s battle to prevent her children from getting junk food has turned into a food war between parent and school, according to reports.
MeMe Roth, a 40-year-old mother of two, objects to children getting sweets like popsicles, cupcakes and cookies even during special occasions in public schools like the one her children attend, ABC [...]

Fast food diets are helping make children stupid, new research suggests.
A US study has found that children who eat junk food several times a week have considerably lower maths and reading scores than their classmates.

The average dad-to-be gains 6.35kg during his partner’s pregnancy, a poll suggests.
A fifth of the 5,000 men surveyed blamed the weight gain on larger meals, while 41% said there were more snacks in the house.

Seven in 10 parents of overweight children are in denial about the problem, researchers say.
A new study has found that many parents dismiss their children’s obesity as “puppy fat”.

U.S. President Barack Obama is getting healthy eating tips from a British mum of three, according to media reports.
Sally Bee, 41, of Stratford-upon-Avon, told the tabloid Sun newspaper that she was “stunned” when an order from the White House for 12 copies of her cookbook, The Secret Ingredient, turned up.

The most popular brands of breakfast cereal are laden with sugar, according to a new report.
A survey by the British consumers’ organisation Which? found that some cereals contained more surgar than a Cadbury chocolate Flake.

The woman labelled by media as “Britain’s fattest mother” when she gave birth to triplets has admitted feeding her eight-month-old children fast food.
Leanne Salt told a British magazine that she fed her babies McDonald’s burgers because she was “too busy” to cook for them properly.

Breast milk has less protein than formula, which could be why bottle-fed babies fatten up faster, a study suggests.
The international study of 1,000 babies, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, was carried out in Belgium, Italy, Germany, Poland and Spain on babies born between 2002 and 2004.

Pregnant women may want to watch how much vitamin E they consume, new research suggests.
A Dutch team has found that consuming high levels of vitamin E early in pregnancy may increase the risk of the baby being born with a heart defect.