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Causes and preventive methods of postpartum obesity
Maternal obesity is one of the most distressing problems for most pregnant women. However, because postpartum women need to recover their bodies and ensure the nutrition their children need, they can't control their weight by controlling their diet. So what are the causes of postpartum obesity, and how to avoid obesity and hyperlipidemia after childbirth?

physical change

The deficiency of both qi and blood in postpartum women also affects the normal metabolic activity of fat, leading to the accumulation of fat and obesity.

endocrine dyscrasia

During pregnancy, the disorder of hormone secretion makes the body unable to decompose and metabolize fat normally as before, which leads to obesity.

Fetal weight

About 50% of women's postpartum weight gain comes from the weight gain of fetus, placenta and amniotic fluid.

oedema

Some women get edema during pregnancy. Once they give birth, so many body fluids will be absorbed by people's circulatory system in a short time, which will inevitably make their bodies swell.

Nutrition and exercise

Pregnant women often choose to eat a large number of high-calorie foods to improve their nutrition, and they are in a "rest" state for a long time from labor to postpartum, and rarely exercise. In this way, it will inevitably lead to overnutrition and obesity.

Bad mood

During pregnancy and lactation, women sometimes have anxiety, boredom, anxiety and other negative emotions, which will affect the hormone secretion in women to a certain extent, make metabolism disorder and gradually accumulate fat.

have many meals but little food at each

It will not increase the burden on the stomach, but also effectively consume the calories of food. Don't hoard fat.

♀? Moderate exercise

Postpartum active exercise is an important measure to prevent reproductive obesity. Proper exercise can promote metabolism and avoid heat accumulation in the body.

Eat fruit correctly

Try to choose low-fat, skim milk instead of condensed milk and flavored milk. Many women think that eating more fruits can not only lose weight but also supplement nutrition, killing two birds with one stone, but in fact, the sugar content in fruits is very high, and some fruits have a sugar content of more than 20%. Eating too much sugar is also one of the reasons for weight gain.