Dieting and Exercise in Overweight, Lactating Women

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Abstract
In this issue of the Journal, Lovelady et al.1 report the results of a 10-week intervention trial in which 40 overweight, lactating women were randomly assigned either to a diet-and-exercise group or to a control group at four weeks post partum. The goal was to determine whether restriction of energy intake compromised milk production and thereby the growth of the women's infants, and therefore whether such weight-loss programs are appropriate for overweight, lactating women soon after delivery. Lovelady et al. found that maternal loss of 0.5 kg of body weight per week did not affect the growth of the infants, . . .