Mother’s obesity boosts risk for major birth defects: study
PARIS: Children of obese women are more likely to be afflicted by major birth defects, including malformations of the heart, according to a study published on Thursday.
The fatter the mother, the higher the risk, it found.
"We found that risks of major congenital malformations in offspring progressively increase with maternal overweight and severity of obesity," researchers wrote in The BMJ medical journal.
"Thus, efforts should be made to encourage women of reproductive age to adopt a healthy lifestyle and to…