Obese Moms More Likely to Have Babies With Birth Defects

Posted by majestic on February 11, 2009

If you’re planning on becoming pregnant, a new study suggests that you should try to shed any extra weight you’re carrying before conception.

That’s because babies born to obese mothers are more likely to have serious birth defects.

“We found that being obese in pregnancy can increase a woman’s risk of having a range of birth defects,” said study senior author Judith Rankin, a reader in maternal and perinatal epidemiology at Newcastle University in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.

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