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PrintMediterranean diet or mindfulness during pregnancy reduces by one third the risk of a low birth weight baby
Barcelona, 7 December 2021
- A clinical trial for pregnant women at high risk of a low birth weight baby demonstrates for the first time that Mediterranean diet or mindfulness-based stress reduction interventions during pregnancy reduce the prevalence of low birth weight by 29-36% as well as other complications of pregnancy, for which no treatment had been identified until today.
- The study, published in JAMA, was coordinated with the support of the ”la Caixa” Foundation by researchers from BCNatal (Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu) and from the University of Barcelona.
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From left to right: Eduard Gratacós, Director of BCNatal; Josefin Berg, study’s mother; Fàtima Crispi, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Services of BCNatal and researcher; Àngel Font, Corporative director of Research and Healthy; Francesca Crovetto, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Services of BCNatal and researcher, and M. Carmen González Sánchez, study’s mother, in the study’s presentation.
Spanish Statements Dr. Eduard Gratacós, Director of BCNatal.
Video images (no edition) Presentation Impact BCN Study.
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