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Obesity Tied to Rising US Maternal Death Rate

While maternal death rates have been falling globally for 15 years, the U.S. maternal mortality rate has continued to rise according to NEWSMAX. "Researchers say the increase in recent years has been driven by heart problems and other chronic medical conditions, like diabetes, which has increased sharply. They added that an increase in obesity — particularly among poor black women, who have much higher rates of maternal mortality than whites — may be contributing to the problem...

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