Wednesday, May 01, 2019

Hospital study shows in just a decade, proportion of pregnant women with obesity has doubled

The proportion of pregnant women with obesity (body mass index [BMI] above 30 kg/m2) has doubled over the past decade, from around 22% in 2010 to 44% in 2018, according to new research being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Glasgow, UK (28 April-1 May).

* This article was originally published here