Existing maternal obesity guidelines may increase inequalities between ethnic groups: a national epidemiological study of 502,474 births in England

BACKGROUND: Asians are at increased risk of morbidity at a lower body mass index (BMI) than European Whites, particularly relating to metabolic risk. UK maternal obesity guidelines use general population BMI criteria to define obesity, which do not represent the risk of morbidity among Asian populat...

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Autores principales: Heslehurst, Nicola, Sattar, Naveed, Rajasingam, Daghni, Wilkinson, John, Summerbell, Carolyn D, Rankin, Judith
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3554430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23249162
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-12-156

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3554430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23249162
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-12-156

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