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Nov 17, 2007 08:26 AM

Infants of Obese Mothers Have Higher Mortality Risk

by Jolie Premium Member

An interesting article that shows that our nation's high obesity rate may contribute to our high infant mortality rate.

Infants of obese mothers have higher mortality risk By Will Boggs, MD
Fri Nov 16, 7:18 PM ET



NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obese women are at increased risk of having their infant die soon after birth, especially if premature rupture of membranes (PROM) occurs befo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071117/...fants_obese_dc


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from Jo Dirt
Old Nov 22, 2007, 06:09 PM

Default Re: Infants of Obese Mothers Have Higher Mortality Risk
Wonder why? I'm obese and have had four children with no complications.

Obese people seem to get blamed with everything. Last time I checked, most of the patients in the nursing home with all the chronic and expensive health problems weren't obese at all.
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