Pregnancy Food & Diet

Eating Licorice While Pregnant May Harm Children’s Health

Love your licorice? You may want to find something else to curb the craving during pregnancy—it could increase your baby’s risk of disease ... Read More

Essential Foods for Women

Whether you're trying to conceive, already pregnant, or a busy mom, these foods will boost your energy, prevent disease, improve your diet, ... Read More

Excessive Weight Gain: Eat for You, Not for Two

Excessive prenatal weight gain has been tied to a lifetime of obesity for moms.

Fasting During Labor Has No Benefit

The ice chips diet may soon be obsolete in labor and delivery rooms across the US after a new study reveals there’s no medical reason to fast ... Read More

Fish Oil Each Day Keeps the Baby Colds Away?

It's time to get your DHA on, mom-to-be. A prenatal fish oil supplement, which contains lots of good-for-you omega-3s, daily may keep your ... Read More

Gestational Diabetes 101

Don't let Gestational Diabetes stress you out. Learn all the lingo you need to know to best discuss your condition with your doctor. ... Read More

How to Be a Vegetarian Mom: Helpful Tips for Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

Just because you're a vegan or vegetarian doesn't mean you need to alter your diet to have a healthy pregnancy or successfully breastfeed. ... Read More

How to Influence Your Baby's Food Choices

The rumors are true: Some kids actually do eat healthy foods … and enjoy them! So how did their parents teach them that? Surprisingly, it might ... Read More

How Well Are You Eating During Pregnancy?

Do you find that you're reaching for the ice cream or craving broccoli and cauliflower? Take our quiz to find out if you're getting the ... Read More

Is Gestational Diabetes Preventable?

A study from Italy suggests that a supplement may make a difference.

Is it Safe to Go Carb-Free During Pregnancy?

Can a pregnant or breastfeeding woman tailor the popular low-carbohydrate diets to meet the needs of her developing baby and her own body? ... Read More

Mommy Talk With Alison Sweeney

BabyZone sits down with The Biggest Loser host Alison Sweeney to talk about her book, The Mommy Diet, and how she makes exercise and nutrition a ... Read More

Mommyrexia: Moms-to-Be Striving to Stay Skinny

Are you a mom-to-be who's obsessed with keeping pregnancy weight gain down and staying skinny? So many women are these days are that it's been ... Read More

No DHA Fish Oil Benefit Found in Pregnancy

Fish oil supplements may not help boost Baby’s brain development or prevent postpartum depression as previously thought. ... Read More

Obesity in the US: Moms and Babies Getting Bigger

Overweight moms-to-be could have babies born with higher body fat as well.