Obese women children die twice as often

Swedish researchers have found that obese mothers are twice as likely at risk of losing their child after birth. Moreover, this risk increases the more, the higher the weight is available to women in the early period of pregnancy.

The baby of mother with obesity

Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm found that born to mothers of obese children almost two and a half times more likely to die in the first weeks of life. This conclusion was obtained by analyzing data at more than 1, 8 million births for 18 years. 11% of all infant deaths were, according to scientists associated with being overweight or obese mothers . However, supporters of the fight against obesity not ashamed to call the results of the study of women with excess weight.

Overall, during the period was recorded 5428 infant deaths . which is 2, 9 per 1 000 people. Two-thirds of the deaths occurred during the the first 28 days of life babies, they were caused by congenital abnormalities or asphyxia at birth (when the baby's brain and other organs do not get enough oxygen before, during or immediately after birth).

Information also took into account data on infections and sudden infant death syndrome. Unless body mass index of women is much higher than normal in the initial period pregnancy, the death rate of children from this category of women grew from 2, 4 1 000 to 5, 8. Previous studies also showed that the BMI Women above 30 increases the risk of infant mortality, but then received the results were not consistent. (READ MORE)

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