The fact that excess weight during pregnancy has negative consequences is not new information. A new study now concludes that the children of mothers obese before falling pregnant are four times more likely to have frequent wheezing, which is one of the symptoms of asthma, compared to the children of mothers weighing a normal weight.
URL: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130311/Obesity-during-pregnancy-linked-with-increased-risk-of-frequent-wheezing-in-children.aspx
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