
25/05/2024
“In a study published on Thursday in the journal Science, Australian researchers estimated that a human pregnancy demands almost 50,000 dietary calories over the course of nine months. That’s the equivalent of about 50 pints of Ben and Jerry’s Cherry Garcia ice cream, and significantly more than the researchers expected.”
In humans, the energetic cost of pregnancy is about 50,000 dietary calories — far higher than previously believed, a new study found.