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National Birth Defects Prevention Study

Overweight Mothers Risk Giving Birth to Babies with Congenital Heart Defects

Mothers who are overweight before preganancy have a higher risk of giving birth to babies with Congenital Heart Defects. The findings of this large study was published in the online version of the American  Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology on the 5th October.
Wkipedia defines Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) as “a defect in the structure of [...]

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