Obesity Before Pregnancy Raises Risk Of Babies Born With Structural Birth Defect

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Written by Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News From Medical News Today
Tuesday, 07 August 2007
Mothers who give birth to babies with some kind of structural birth defect, such as missing arms and/or legs, malformed hearts and badly developed spinal cords, are more likely to have been obese before they became pregnant, compared to mothers who were not obese before their pregnancy, says an article in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine (JAMA/Archives). [click link for full article]

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