Mom's weight gain may affect cleft palate risk
Last Updated: 2008-06-11 11:56:44 -0400 (Reuters Health)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A substantial amount of weight gain between pregnancies seems to be a factor increasing the risk of cleft palate in offspring, according to US and Swedish researchers.
Cleft lip or palate occurs when the tissues that form the palate, or roof of the mouth, and the upper lip do not join correctly. Surgery is often performed to repair the condition.
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Getting adequate amounts of vitamin A during pregnancy may reduce the risk of having a child with cleft palate, Norwegian researchers report. Infants born to women who consumed the most vitamin A were half as likely to have a cleft palate as children whose mothers consumed the least, Anne Marte W. Johansen of the University of Oslo and her colleagues found. "This supports other evidence that a healthy and varied diet during pregnancy is important," Johansen told Reuters Health via email... Read Full Story
A report published in the June issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology provides some statistics regarding the relationship between second children born with cleft palates or cleft lips and substantial weight gain by the mother between the two births. The study was conducted utilizing medical information on over 220,000 Swedish women who had their first two pregnancies between 1992 and 2004.
The data was analyzed by a Dr. Villamor of the Harvard School of Public Health and colleagues... Read Full Story
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