Obesity

Study data from University of South Florida provide new insights into obesity

Published in Women's Health Weekly, September 23rd, 2010

Research findings, 'Prepregnancy obesity and risk of stillbirth in viable twin gestations,' are discussed in a new report. According to a study from the United States, "We sought to estimate the impact of prepregnancy obesity on demise of one or both fetuses in twin gestations. We performed a retrospective cohort study using the Missouri maternally linked cohort files (years 1989-2005)."

"Prepregnancy obesity was defined as a BMI >or=30. Outcomes of interest were stillbirth (intrauterine fetal death at >or=20 weeks' gestation) and demise of one (partial loss) or both (complete loss) fetuses, regardless of the cause. We used Cox Proportional Hazards with correction...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2010-09-23)

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