Terrified of losing their toned figures, young Indian women are shunning nutrition during pregnancy, say worried gynaecologists "Psycho obsessive" is the phrase Juhu-based graphic designer Ria Mehta (name changed) uses to describe her attitude towards her weight while she was pregnant with her first child six years ago. Always weight-conscious, she couldn't help but watch what she ate and drank even while carrying her baby. She says, "For the first five months, my biggest concern was the weight I'd pile up. I'd deliberately eat less." The doctor's warnings went unheard, and it was only when even at six months, her bump was hardly showing that panic struck. "My doctor scolded me like I was a...
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