Risk of Birth Asphyxia High Among Babies Born to Overweight and Obese Women

Babies born to overweight or obese women have a high risk of suffering from birth asphyxia, or experiencing oxygen deficit at birth, compared to normal weight women, a joint study conducted by Swedish and US researchers which has been published in PLOS Medicine reveals. These findings are important given the high prevalence of overweight and obesity worldwide, and suggest that preventing women of reproductive age from becoming overweight or obese is important to ...

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Written by: editor - Monday, May 26, 2014

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