Childhood Obesity Reduces Chance of Late-In-Life Childbirth

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DcWreyUvRbn/A large new Danish study , published in JAMA Network, suggests that body weight during childhood impacts when a woman later has her first child.The investigators analyzed health records for more than 60,000 women born in Copenhagen between 1950 and 1989, tracking body weight patterns from ages 6 through 15 and reproductive outcomes for as long as 45 years. Women with an overweight or obesity trend during childhood had a lower likelihood of giving birth later in life and the association bcomes stronger with age. For these women, the incidence of giving birth was 22% lower at ages 25 to 29 and 44% lower at ages 35 to 45 compared with women who had an average weight pattern during childhood.The good news is that the data do not demonstrate that excessive childhood weight patterns are associated with overall infertility. In fact, women with childhood obesity show a slightly lower rate of primary infertility.References On My Website. #WomensHealth #ChildhoodObesity #Fertility #ReproductiveHealth #MedicalResearch