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Obesity ‘raises miscarriage risk’

   Posted by: R Haasch   in Pregnancy, Risk Factors

Women who have had a miscarriage could be at greater risk of miscarrying again if they are obese, research suggests. A team from London’s St Mary’s Hospital followed the progress of 696 women whose miscarriages were classed as “unexplained” by a specialist clinic. The team told a conference in Canada the risk of a further miscarriage was raised by 73% if the woman was obese. However, an obesity specialist said it was potentially dangerous to try to lose weight when already pregnant.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7625218.stm

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Alison
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I think they may be confusing correlation with causation. The same things that cause obesity in some women also precipitate miscarriage and infertility.

November 19th, 2008 at 7:55 pm

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