Obese women more likely to develop life-threatening health complications during pregnancy

... A further 11% were obese class I, 3.9% obese class II and 1.9% obese class III. Dr Dale Spence from the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen's University Belfast said new guidelines were needed to manage the care for overweight women. "We found ...

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