Prepregnancy obesity and birth defects: what’s next?
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Prepregnancy obesity and birth defects: what's next?
Recent data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for the years 2007–2008 showed that over a third of women ages 20–39 y in the United States are obese [defined as a body mass index [in kg/m] 30] (1). The frequency of obesity among women of childbearing age makes it critical to understand the effects of prepregnancy obesity on maternal and infant outcomes. Prepregnancy obesi...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0002-9165,1938-3207
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.29666