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Contraception
Getting pregnant while on the pill: another health hazard of being overweight
January 27th, 2005
Overweight and obese women who take oral contraceptives are 60-70% more likely to get pregnant while on the birth-control pill, respectively, than women of lower weight, according to new findings from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The study, led by epidemiologist Victoria Holt, PhD, MPH, a member of Fred Hutchinson's public health sciences division, is the largest case-control study of its kind to examine the link between body mass index, or BMI, 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 in Seattle, Washington. ...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-01-27)
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