Obesity during pregnancy raises risk of complications

by Dr Muiris Houston © 2009 irishtimes.com
IRISH WOMEN who are obese while pregnant have more complications and their babies do less well than women with normal weight, new research has found.
The study of pregnant women who, despite being obese did not have diabetes, is one of the first to show that simply being overweight has a negative impact on pregnancy outcome.
Dr Fidelma Dunne, professor of medicine, and nursing and medical colleagues from the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), selected some 1,440 women from along the Atlantic seaboard who delivered babies at five hospitals between June 2007 and June 2008.
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