MOUNTAINS OF DIRTY DIAPERS, NEW

MOTHERS FACE ANOTHER CHALLENGE -

TRYING TO DROP THE WEIGHT THEY GAINED

DURING PREGNANCY. SOME NEW EXERCISE

PROGRAMS ARE TARGETING NEW MOMS. AS

GIL POLSTON FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF

LOUISVILLE REPORTS, WOMEN NEED TO BE

CAREFUL ABOUT HOW THEY LOSE WEIGHT

AFTER THEYıVE GIVEN BIRTH.

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SOME PREGNANT MOMS CAN PUT ON 60 OR

MORE POUNDS WHILE THEYıRE EXPECTING.

ACCORDING TO ONE U OF L EXPERT, THE BEST

WAY TO DROP POUNDS AFTER BIRTH IS TO

EXERCISE DURING PREGNANCY.

OUT: ...exercise program (12 SECS)

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SOME NEW PROGRAMS SUCH AS STROLLER

AEROBICS ARE GEARED TOWARD HELPING

NEW MOMS GET BACK IN SHAPE. SWANK SAYS

WOMEN SHOULD CHECK WITH THEIR

DOCTORS BEFORE STARTING ANY EXERCISE

PROGRAM LIKE THIS. SHE ALSO SAYS NEW

MOMS SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT THEIR

BODIES UNDERGO HORMONAL CHANGES

FOUR TO SIX WEEKS AFTER DELIVERY, SO

THEY NEED TO TAKE IT EASY AT FIRST. LOW-

IMPACT EXERCISE IS BEST DURING THIS

PERIOD. LATER, SHE RECOMMENDS

RESISTANCE TRAINING SUCH AS

WEIGHTLIFTING TWO TO THREE DAYS A

WEEK. SWANK SAYS NEW MOMS NEED TO

AVOID HIGH-IMPACT AEROBICS, JOGGING, OR

RAPID WEIGHT-LOSS PROGRAMS. A BAD DIET

CAN MEAN THE LOSS OF NUTRIENTS WOMEN

NEED IN THE MONTHS AFTER BIRTH. SHE

ALSO SAYS NEW MOMS WILL HAVE AN

ENTIRELY NEW WORKOUT ROUTINE ONCE

THEIR CHILDREN BECOME MOBILE.

IN: Some epidemiologists...

OUT: ...of the child (10 SECS)

IF WOMEN DONıT LOSE WEIGHT AFTER

PREGNANCY, SWANK SAYS, THEY CAN FACE

AN INCREASED RISK OF DEVELOPING

HYPERTENSION, HEART DISEASE, OR

DIABETES.

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