Weight-Loss Surgery Helps With Pregnancy: Rand Corporation Study

ScienceDaily (Nov. 18, 2008) — A review of previously published studies suggests that rates of adverse outcomes for mothers or pregnant women and newborn babies, such as gestational diabetes and low birth weight, may be lower after bariatric surgery compared with pregnant women who are obese, according to an article in the November 19 issue of JAMA.

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