Obese women are more likely to be unaware of their pregnancy and drop one out in the supermarket.

FTA Obese patients need to gain at least 15 pounds during pregnancy.
Myth
In 2009, the Institute of Medicine revised its recommendations for gestational weight gain for obese women from "at least 15 pounds" to "11-20 pounds."

Not really a myth now, is it? Two years ago they changed the numbers so the old number "is a myth". Idiots.

I'm sorry, but when every other paragraph is making the assumption that all obese women over-eat of poor foods, I'm not going to waste time reading the article beyond paragraph 6. That's not a science article, it's a treatise of the author's bias.

40% of obese women are vitamin deficient? Fine, what percentage of non-obese women are vitamin deficient? Oh, you didn't look into that? Then stop blaming it on the weight or the behaviors supposedly endemic to the study population when you have no control group.

People are often deficient in a number of vital nutrients, that's what caused scurvy in ages past and why modern food science has given us vitamin supplements.

Myth: Obese women are less likely to get pregnant.

FALSE

There are plenty of men with no standard and would be happy to fornicate with any woman (ex. male farkers).

Take out the word "obese" and most of that article would be accurate for any woman...

Wasilla Hillbilly: Obese women are more likely to be unaware of their pregnancy and drop one out in the supermarket.

Clean up on aisle 7!

jingks: Myth: Obese women are less likely to get pregnant.

FALSE

There are plenty of men with no standard and would be happy to fornicate with any woman (ex. male farkers).

It's true if you mistake a fat fold for her hoo-hah

Alkony: 40% of obese women are vitamin deficient? Fine, what percentage of non-obese women are vitamin deficient? Oh, you didn't look into that? Then stop blaming it on the weight or the behaviors supposedly endemic to the study population when you have no control group.

Well, considering that obese children are much more likely to be vitamin deficient than normal weight ones, I don't think it's so far off to think it could be true for grown women, too.

Consuming fatty foods inhibits absorption of vitamins because fat speeds things right through the intestines. And it's been shown in adults and children that vitamin D (and possibly other fat soluble vitamins) have a tendency to be stored in excess fat rather than circulated, so that the obese need to absorb even more to be non-deficient.

But whatever, it's easier to accuse the reporter of anti-fatty bias than admit that being overweight is unhealthy.

Obese women have a harder time conceiving and are more likely to have children born prematurely and/or with birth defects.

Sorry, ladies, but the reason men don't find fat chicks attractive is not a socially constructed patriarchal construct. You want us to fork over all of our money for you to have kids, well, we're going to be picky buyers.

Next, I want to know about irreversible Mommy Brain and the like.

/Ugh. They turn stoopid, they really do.
//And that's in addition to the usual hormonal moodiness.

Skirl Hutsenreiter: Alkony: 40% of obese women are vitamin deficient? Fine, what percentage of non-obese women are vitamin deficient? Oh, you didn't look into that? Then stop blaming it on the weight or the behaviors supposedly endemic to the study population when you have no control group.

Well, considering that obese children are much more likely to be vitamin deficient than normal weight ones, I don't think it's so far off to think it could be true for grown women, too.

Consuming fatty foods inhibits absorption of vitamins because fat speeds things right through the intestines. And it's been shown in adults and children that vitamin D (and possibly other fat soluble vitamins) have a tendency to be stored in excess fat rather than circulated, so that the obese need to absorb even more to be non-deficient.

But whatever, it's easier to accuse the reporter of anti-fatty bias than admit that being overweight is unhealthy.

You're still assuming that all fat people eat a lot of fatty foods. I know several people who are definitely obese who are strict vegetarians.

Another thing that can cause vitamin D deficiency is lack of sunlight exposure, a major problem in modern societies since most people spend nearly all day indoors.

I'm not going to get into an argument about it, but when the very opening phrase of the article accuses all fat women of drastically over eating, which not all do, then I have to accept that the article is biased. That does not make the study data useless, but researcher bias is a big problem for scientific research.

Alkony: I'm not going to get into an argument about it, but when the very opening phrase of the article accuses all fat women of drastically over eating, which not all do, then I have to accept that the article is biased. That does not make the study data useless, but researcher bias is a big problem for scientific research.

I, for one, am shocked that a "myths and truths of _____" article doesn't live up to the standards of unbiased scientific research? Where are the control groups? Where are the p-values on all these statements? What is the world coming to?

\People don't get fat eating fruits and vegetables, you know, the things that are high in nutrients.. I'd bet your fat vegetarians are eating more cake and brownies than fruits and vegetables.

Skirl Hutsenreiter: Alkony: I'm not going to get into an argument about it, but when the very opening phrase of the article accuses all fat women of drastically over eating, which not all do, then I have to accept that the article is biased. That does not make the study data useless, but researcher bias is a big problem for scientific research.

I, for one, am shocked that a "myths and truths of _____" article doesn't live up to the standards of unbiased scientific research? Where are the control groups? Where are the p-values on all these statements? What is the world coming to?

\People don't get fat eating fruits and vegetables, you know, the things that are high in nutrients.. I'd bet your fat vegetarians are eating more cake and brownies than fruits and vegetables.

How about nuts, cheeses, meats, all of which are also high in nutrients?

And ya, you can get fat off of fruits and vegetables when you work a desk job and go home to a television and never move. You won't get fat overnight, but over 20 years, you'll get nice and plump.

Why ever would obese women be vitamin deficient? Aren't Twinkies and Potato Chips packed with nutrition?