Trait anxiety in pregnant women linked to smaller infant size
Trait anxiety in pregnant women at the second and third trimesters is linked to smaller infant size, according to the results of a longitudinal cohort study reported in the November issue of Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology.
Among pregnant women who did not develop gestational diabetes, overweight women were 65 percent more likely, and obese women 163 percent more likely, to have overly large babies than their healthy-weight counterparts.