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Surrey Park Clinic News

Jun 28, 2010

Being overweight doubles IVF miscarriage risk


Women should have a weight appropriate to their height.

Overweight women undergoing fertility treatment have double the risk of miscarriage of normal weight women, a UK study says.

More than a third of overweight and obese women had a miscarriage compared with one in five of normal weight women, a fertility conference heard.

Previous research has shown that women who conceive naturally are also at a higher risk if they are overweight.

Experts warned that obesity is putting women's fertility at risk.

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Source: Emma Wilkinson, Health reporter, BBC News

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