Folic Acid's Benefits Reduced in Obese Mothers
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Increasing a mother's intake of folic acid by adding the vitamin to food supplies has been shown to cut the risk of having a baby with neural tube defects, a birth defect in which the spine doesn't fuse properly. However, new research indicates that this benefit is much weaker in overweight and obese women.
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If you are a woman and consume 800 micrograms or more of folate per day you are much less likely to be at risk of having high blood pressure, says a new study.
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FRIDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Taking a daily dose of 400 micrograms or more of folic acid supplements early in pregnancy reduces the risk that a woman will have a baby with cleft lip, a new study finds.
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NEW YORK  - Women who take multivitamins  before becoming pregnant are less likely to give birth to  premature babies, new study findings suggest.
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NEW YORK  - Upping the daily intake of  folate has been widely promoted in recent years to reduce  women's risk of having a baby with spina bifida, but it also  seems to have another benefit.
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New research suggests that obesity can reduce the quality of men&#39;s sperm as well as lower a woman&#39;s chances of successfully conceiving a child using in vitro fertilization.
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The heavier a woman is when she  becomes pregnant, the less likely she is to stick with  breast-feeding long-term, a new study from Denmark shows.
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NEW YORK  - Most women are aware that getting enough folic acid during pregnancy can help prevent some birth defects, but many don't know that they should be taking the vitamin before they become pregnant, a new survey shows.
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The diets of pregnant women may have an important role in determining whether their children will be obese later in life, a new study suggests.
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A study finds that a motherâs gestational diabetes, the kind that starts in pregnancy, is significantly associated with obesity in her children at ages 5 to 7.
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Women who take multivitamins  before and during pregnancy apparently reduce the chances that  their offspring will develop certain types of childhood tumors,  researchers report.
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Women who are overweight or obese and who use oral contraceptives like the &quot;pill&quot; are more likely to become pregnant compared with women of lower weight, according to a new study.
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TUESDAY, Aug. 28 (HealthDay News) -- When women develop diabetes during pregnancy and don&#39;t get treatment, their kids face an increased risk of childhood obesity, but new research suggests that treatment can essentially eliminate that risk.
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[Health India]: Washington, Oct 12 : A new research presented at the American Heart Association&#39;s 58th Annual High Blood Pressure Research Conference showed that young women who consume more than 800 micrograms of folate per day can reduce their risk of
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Obese women can improve their health  without dieting by changing their eating habits and exercising  more, researchers said on Monday.
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Women who take multivitamins before becoming pregnant are less likely to give birth to premature babies, new study findings suggest.
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(HealthDayNews) -- Folic acid, also known as folate, is a B vitamin that's found in some enriched foods and vitamin pills. If women get enough of it before and during pregnancy, it can decrease the risk for neural tube birth defects.