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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.

Put down the doughnuts and walk away from the fries - new medical research is lending weight to findings that pregnant women should not ‘eat for two’.
After studying data for more than 1,300 women in Boston, Dr Alison Stuebe, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of North Carolina, found that those who [...]

In a plot straight from the script of The Simpsons, a US father of two has been jailed for poisoning his two children in an extortion attempt.
William Cunningham, a dump truck driver, was sentenced to 100 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of seven counts of aggravated assault and child cruelty.

Thousands of premature births could be prevented annually if women took folic acid before becoming pregnant, new research suggests.
Women who took the supplement for at least a year before conception were up to 70 per cent less likely to give birth prematurely, an American study found.

British health authorities have redrawn growth charts for children to take into account the different development curve of breast-fed babies.
Babies fed on breast milk grow at a slower and steadier rate than those who are bottle fed and the new charts mean there is less chance of them being considered underweight.

Some baby foods contain higher levels of saturated fat and sugar than equivalent portions of chocolate biscuits or a cheeseburger, according to a survey.
The UK-based Children’s Food Campaign (CFC), who conducted the survey of 100 products for babies and toddlers, described the results as ”staggering”.

Chubby babies may be cute, but new research has found that they may grow up to be fat children and adults.
Researchers from Bristol and Cambridge universities looked at weight gain in a group of nearly 3,000 baby girls in the World Cancer Research Fund study.

Women who breastfeed may be lowering their risk of heart attack, heart disease and stroke, according to research.
A new study has found that women who breastfeed for more than a year are 10% less likely to develop the above conditions than those who never had.

Two Australian mothers will stand trial on child cruelty charges after allegedly feeding their infants pureed pizza and pork crackling, according to local media reports.
When the babies were taken into care by child safety officers in August last year, they were so malnourished they would have died without intervention, the Cairns Magistrates’ Court has been [...]

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.