Medical advice goes to pregnant women not to eat for two as it may lead to obesity of the child. Experts tested fruit flies and found pregnancy triggers hormone-driven growth of the intestines that allows the body to extract more energy from exactly the same amount of food. Dr David Richmond, president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, added: “It is only in the last 12 weeks that women need an extra 200 calories a day.”
Source - http://www.mirror.co.uk/
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