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Pregnancy obesity puts babies at risk
By Jayne Braithwaite on 21/09/2011 14:04:14
Obese mums-to-be found to have double the risk of suffering a stillbirth
Pregnant women who are seriously overweight or obese, have been discovered to have a 50% higher chance of stillbirth than those of a normal weight. The study, by baby charity Tommy’s, found that 9,500 babies are born each year with problems related
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Obesity levels of pregnant women in Ireland in the spotlight
By Kimberley Smith on 22/07/2010 14:02:54
Hospitals and midwives told to make preparations for pregnancies complicated by obesity
Doctors and midwives in Ireland have been advised to be prepared for birth complications caused by obesity. A study in Dublin of 5,800 mums-to-be calculated that 13% were obese and 2% were morbidly obese.Obesity can cause problems during pregnancy
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Asthma and teen obesity connected to smoking in pregnancy
By Kimberley Smith on 28/04/2010 16:35:23
Studies link smoking while pregnant to baby’s asthma risk and teen obesity
Unborn babies exposed to cigarette smoke show higher asthma rates and increased likelihood of becoming obese as teenagers, new research has revealed.A Swedish study of children between 1996 and 2008 concluded that the asthma risk for children went
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New report links obesity to maternal deaths
By Monica Stylli on 04/12/2007 16:02:35
More than half the women who died during or after pregnancy between 2003 and 2005 were overweight.
A report released this week by The Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths (CEMACH) shows that obesity is the fastest growing cause of women dying in pregnancy or childbirth in the UK.295 women died during or after pregnancy between 2003
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Maternity units failing obese pregnant women
By Susie Boone on 23/03/2010 06:12:55
Services struggling to keep up with rising weight of mums-to-be
Maternity services for obese mums-to-be have been branded ‘not good enough’ by the Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries.Its report warned that units do not have enough extra-wide operating tables and beds and that obese pregnant women
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NICE obesity guidelines encourage doctors to help mums’ manage weight
By Kimberley Smith on 28/07/2010 13:56:09
Doctors to give more info help to overweight mums-to-be and new mums, to lose weight between pregnancies
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued guidelines to health professionals to help advise the growing number of mums-to-be and new mums who are overweight or obese.Overweight and obese mums-to-be are at a higher risk of a
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Liquorice in pregnancy linked to health problems
By Kimberley Smith on 09/08/2010 12:59:44
Exposure to liquorice in the womb may cause illnesses such as diabetes and obesity for your child
in diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity.By the age of 8, those children whose mums ate even a small amount of the sweet had cortisone levels up to a third higher than those whose mums never age liquorice. Just half a gram a week
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Overweight mums-to-be warned of birth complication risk
By Kimberley Smith on 26/01/2011 11:00:46
Overweight and obese pregnant women have been warned they have a higher risk of going overdue and are more likely to need a caesarean
A British research team has found that obese women are more likely to have longer pregnancies and to need to be induced. They were also found to have a higher rate of caesareans.The team in Liverpool looked at the birth records of 30,000 mums who
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Pregnancy pounds put weight on your baby too
By Kimberley Smith on 05/08/2010 14:01:05
Gaining too much weight in pregnancy linked to bigger babies - who are more likely to suffer from obesity later in life
baby’s weight increases by a ¼ oz. They are also more likely to be fat or obese in later life. This backs up the importance of the NICE guidelines that advise women to aim to be a healthy weight before getting pregnant and to avoid the temptation
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Big dads more likely to have small babies
By Kimberley Smith on 08/12/2010 11:38:53
Babies of obese and overweight men have a higher chance of being born with a low birth rate, according to a new study
, in part, be inherited through the paternal germ line,” said Professor McCowen, the lead researcher. “It also provides some support for the theory that low birth-weight is linked to later obesity.”There’s plenty of advice out there suggesting weight loss
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