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Birth defects, premature birth, linked to being overweight before pregnancy.(Brief Article)
2002 APR 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Birth defects, premature birth, and other severe health problems in tomorrow's babies are linked to the soaring rates of obesity among women of childbearing age, according to a new report released by the March of Dimes Task Force on Nutrition and Optimal Human Development.
"Weight before pregnancy matters much more than people realize, even health professionals," says Richard J. Deckelbaum, MD, professor of nutrition at Columbia University, New York, and chairman of the March of Dimes Task Force. "For the moms, there are serious complications such as gestational diabetes, dangerously high blood pressure, and hospitalization; and for the babies, prematurity, serious birth defects and other severe problems. And when these babies grow up, they are more likely to ...
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