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Obesity and pregnancy
The precautions that should take the mother during pregnancy are manifold, and it becomes necessary to monitor their health so as to avoid problems both in it as in your baby. In terms of obesity precautions are a key, because the obesity of the mom can adversely affect directly the health of the fetus.
This has been the conclusion drawn by a group of scientists at the University of Newcastle led by Judith Rankin, who concluded that the obesity during pregnancy is an agent directly damaging in the health of the fetus, and may generate in the baby multiple alterations.
The defects in the neural tube or the spina bifida are some of these alterations, which were in fetuses of mothers with a BMI exceeding 30, a value of there in the future is considered as typical of an obese person.
While the values of a normal person should not exceed the 21 points, a person with overweight exceeds the 25. During pregnancy is recommended to the moms not to increase more than 12 kilos according to the case, although perhaps the healthiest is thin to measure that pregnancy is in progress. Read the rest of this entry »