AS PER latest reports it has been proven that women who are obese or are overweight are likely to deliver premature babies at the time of pregnancy. A higher rate of risk is involved when the mother's weight is greater. The report that was published in the British Medical Journal on Wednesday, said that 30 percent of obese women deliver baby 37 weeks prior to its gestation and 26 percent women could deliver before the gestation period reaches 32 weeks.
According to the author of the report who is also an associate professor in the Maternal-Foetal Medicine Department at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, she said, “ Ideally, overweight or obese women should have pregnancy counselling so that they are informed of their perinatal risks and can try to optimise their weight before pregnancy”.
Obesity is regarded as a primary factor for a long list of pregnancy related complications such as miscarriage, gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, and cesarean delivery. With a motive of understanding the relation better maternal deliveries and low birth weight deliveries, researchers in Canada collected data from 84 studies that saw the participation of more than 1 million women which mad them to conclude that 30 percent of obese women deliver baby 37 weeks prior to its gestation and 26 percent women could deliver before the gestation period reaches 32 weeks.
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