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Contraception
Overweight and obesity linked to higher risk of birth control pill failure
January 20th, 2005
Overweight and obese women who take oral contraceptives are 60% to 70% more likely to get pregnant while on the birth-control pill, respectively, than women of lower weight, study data show. The study, led by epidemiologist Victoria Holt, PhD, MPH, a member of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's Public Health Sciences Division, Seattle, is the largest case-control study of its kind to examine the link between body mass index and oral contraceptive failure. The research was conducted in collaboration with Delia Scholes, PhD, a senior investigator at the Center for Health Studies at Group Health Cooperative, also in Seattle. The findings were reported in the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-01-20)
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