A nationally representative study of maternal obesity in England, UK: trends in incidence and demographic inequalities in 619 323 births, 1989-2007.

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Published in Int J Obes (Lond) on December 22, 2009

Authors

N Heslehurst1, J Rankin, J R Wilkinson, C D Summerbell

Author Affiliations

1: Health and Social Care Research Institute, School of Health and Social Care, Teesside University, UK. n.heslehurst@tees.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

Dietary and Lifestyle Interventions in Obese Pregnant Women | NCT02095028

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