Diets by Pregnant Women Spur More Underweight Babies in Japan
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As soon as Keiko Ozaki found out she was pregnant with her second baby, she went on a diet.
Ozaki, who teaches jazz dancing in Osaka, Japan, and weighed 51 kilograms (112 pounds), said she was chastised by her doctor for gaining weight too quickly during her first pregnancy. With her second baby, Ozaki, 30, avoided rice and skipped meals before her monthly checkups, adding 7.8 kilos (18 pounds) over nine months -- 4.7 kilos less than U.S. women gain on average.