Pregnancy demands higher energy requirements across all BMI categories. High pre- pregnancy BMI and excess weight gain during pregnancy may have a high risk of incidence of Gestational diabetes mellitus, high BMI in later pregnancies, high risk of depression, risk of severe Pre-eclampsia, and late-onset pre-eclampsia [2]. There are recommended additional energy requirements recommended total weight gain for various…

There is a phrase in the Hindu Dharma describing the “saat sukh” (seven delights) of life in which the delight that tops number one position is “Nirogi Kaya” which translates to a physically and mentally fit body. The second line of “Shanti Mantra” (sarve santu niramaya) translates to “no one suffers from any kind of illness”. That…