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Being overweight increases the risk of pregnancy complications regardless of a woman’s country of birth: study

Obesity increases health complications during pregnancy, including miscarriage, premature birth and preeclampsia. Researchers found that being overweight during pregnancy increases this risk regardless of the woman’s country of birth. The latest study by scientists from Linköping University and Karolinska Institutet in Sweden examined the risk of complications faced by overweight pregnant women, both those born […]