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

• Asıl Yazarlar: Heslehurst Nicola (Yazar), Sattar Naveed (Yazar), Rajasingam Daghni (Yazar), Wilkinson John (Yazar), Summerbell Carolyn D (Yazar), Rankin Judith (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: BMC, 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Konular: article
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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...