One thing I disagree about in this article is that it's only these rich women doing this. Thousands of women all across America - the WORLD - are being ordered to starve their fetuses by their doctors, and in Great Britain they're being given medication to prevent the absorption of nutrients (metformin), therefore preventing weight gain in both the mother and baby, all in the name of "preventing obesity" in the far future. I DO agree with this doctor that this has to stop, though!
Mommyrexia is 'upper East Side, obnoxious, white girl problem': 'Today' show's Dr. Nancy Snyderman
Friday, July 29th 2011, 1:10 PM
'Mommyrexia'
Dr. Nancy Snyderman has some advice for pregnant women who can't stop obsessing about exercise and staying skinny: Knock it off.
The "Today" show medical expert got angry on Thursday at the idea of "mommyrexia" and dubbed extreme obsessing about weight during pregnancy an "upper East Side, obnoxious, white girl problem."
Snyderman said that she was tired of the women hating their bodies, especially during the changes of pregnancy.
"It's irritating to me," she continued. "We want perfect babies, we want perfect bodies, we want perfect lives. I just find the whole thing vulgar."
Earlier in the segment, Snyderman said it was normal and healthy to continue to exercise during pregnancy but not to add more workout hours due to pressures to inhibit healthy weight gain.
Not gaining enough weight during pregnancy can cause serious medical problems.
"You're starving your fetus," she said. "At a time when we're talking about Africa's greatest famine in 60 years, I find this particularly vulgar."
"Pregnancy should be nine months of root beer floats and bliss," she continued, angrily. "Then deal with it afterwards."
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