mother obesity - effects on fetus

Mother Obesity is it leads to anomalies baby?


Prevalence of maternal



obesity is increasing day by day.

and anomalies of fetus in utero is also increased, maternal weight



alone was not associated with an increase in congenital



anomalies.

Diabetes was significantly associated



with the increase in the rate of anomalies seen in our



population. Identification of maternal weight as a risk



factor in epidemiologic studies may be a surrogate for



pregestational diabetes.



(Obstet Gynecol 2010;115:290–6)



LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II