Mother Obesity is it leads to anomalies baby?

Prevalence of maternal

obesity is increasing day by day.
and anomalies of fetus in utero is also increased, maternal weight

alone was not associated with an increase in congenital

anomalies.
Diabetes was significantly associated

with the increase in the rate of anomalies seen in our

population. Identification of maternal weight as a risk

factor in epidemiologic studies may be a surrogate for

pregestational diabetes.

(Obstet Gynecol 2010;115:290–6)

LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II