Pregnancy puts on extra pounds on a woman. Some women put on just a few that they lose right after the baby is born, and some unlucky women even put on hundreds. Full story

Hereditary obesity can be impeded if the would-be mother undergoes obesity surgery before she becomes pregnant, an article in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism points out. According to previous research, the likeliness of overweight moms giving birth to overweight children runs pretty high, which may lead to health problems for both. Genetic factor and home environment aside, scientists concluded that a slimming surgery starts off metabolic and hormonal changes in the mother’s womb that lessen the risk of the baby having excessive weight. Full story

Kerry Greaves, a woman from York weighing 308 pounds, decided to get slim surgically so her daughter would not be teased at school. But she died after her stomach surgery. Miss Greaves suffered serious complications after having gastric band. She died from organ failure despite 14 following operations to save her. The mother of the deceased, Anne Greaves, said that Kerry had done it for the sake of her daughter, Melissa, because she didn’t want her to be teased that her mother was fat. Full story