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

• Główni autorzy: Heslehurst Nicola (Autor), Sattar Naveed (Autor), Rajasingam Daghni (Autor), Wilkinson John (Autor), Summerbell Carolyn D (Autor), Rankin Judith (Autor)
• Format: Książka
• Wydane: BMC, 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>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...