Obesity an increasing risk in childbirth, UK.
A confidential inquiry into maternal and child health which reviews maternity care in the UK every three years, reports that obesity is a growing risk factor and the chief concern in the deaths of women during pregnancy and childbirth. Of the 295 women who died from pregnancy-related causes in the
(1.) Boseley S. Obesity is an increasing risk in childbirth, report warns. Guardian (UK). 4 December 2007.
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