Hundreds of babies dying needlessly because of unhealthy lifestyle of mothers, study suggests
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Hundreds of babies dying needlessly because of unhealthy lifestyle of mothers, study suggests
Hundreds of babies are dying needlessly in England every year because their mothers smoke, drink, use drugs, or are obese, a new study suggests.
Researchers from UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health compared death rates of under-5s to those in Sweden, a country with similar levels of economic development and healthcare. They found that deaths occur one and half times more often in England, equating to 600 extra deaths a year.
Writing in The Lancet, the study authors said that poorer maternal health during pregnancy caused babies to be born prematurely and with a low birth weight. Children in England are also more likely to have more birth anomalies such as congenital heart defects than in Sweden.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/05/03/hundreds-babies-dying-needlessly-unhealthy-lifestyle-mothers/
Researchers from UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health compared death rates of under-5s to those in Sweden, a country with similar levels of economic development and healthcare. They found that deaths occur one and half times more often in England, equating to 600 extra deaths a year.
Writing in The Lancet, the study authors said that poorer maternal health during pregnancy caused babies to be born prematurely and with a low birth weight. Children in England are also more likely to have more birth anomalies such as congenital heart defects than in Sweden.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/05/03/hundreds-babies-dying-needlessly-unhealthy-lifestyle-mothers/
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