Many Teen Mothers Overweight and Obese in Adulthood
For women in the United States who give birth while still in their teenage year, their subsequent health has been shown to be impacted by being overweight/obese status later in life.
To inform clinical and policy interventions with the goal to improve the long-term health of teenage mothers, future studies must examine modifiable physiological and sociomedical reasons for early childbearing and later risk of obesity.
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PII: S0002-9378(13)00386-4
doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2013.04.023
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