{"id":33340,"date":"2010-10-22T10:20:57","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T15:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=33340"},"modified":"2010-10-22T10:21:54","modified_gmt":"2010-10-22T15:21:54","slug":"gastric-bypass-in-women-increases-risk-of-birth-defects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/gastric-bypass-in-women-increases-risk-of-birth-defects\/","title":{"rendered":"Gastric Bypass in Women Increases Risk of Birth Defects"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>U.S. mothers give birth to more than four million babies a year. Approximately 2,500 of those infants are born with\u00a0neural tube defects, such as spina bifida.<\/p>\n

Dr. Diana Farmer from Benioff Children’s Hospital in San Francisco<\/a> is cautioning young women from undergoing gastric bypass surgery. Besides the obvious risks and side effects, a new study has shown a possible link between the surgical procedure and spina bifida in babies.<\/p>\n

Often times, patients who have gastric bypass<\/a> have difficulty absorbing nutrients. This could be a very dangerous side effect if the woman ever plans to have children. While in utero, the fetus gathers all nutrition from its mother. If the mother is malnourished, the fetus will be as well. Malnutrition greatly\u00a0increases the risk of birth defects.<\/p>\n

If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant, be sure to take a daily folic acid supplement.\u00a0Adequate consumption of\u00a0folic acid by expecting mothers helps to prevent spina bifida. \u00a0This is especially important if you’ve ever undergone gastric bypass surgery or have any conditions that make it difficult to absorb nutrients.<\/p>\n

The decision to have weight loss surgery<\/a> is yours. I can’t tell you if it’s right or wrong. There may be situations when\u00a0it’s the best decision to make, but if you’re a woman of child-bearing age, think about the possible effects not just for you, but for your future children<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n

What I can <\/em>tell you is that\u00a0a healthy, active lifestyle might not be easy to obtain but it is always<\/em> a good choice.<\/p>\n

Via: CNN Health<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Obesity Surgeries for Teens on Oprah<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

More Obese Teens Turn to Gastric Band Surgery<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

5 Pregnancy Diet Tips from Jillian Michaels<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

U.S. mothers give birth to more than four million babies a year. Approximately 2,500 of those infants are born with\u00a0neural tube defects, such as spina bifida. Dr. Diana Farmer from Benioff Children’s Hospital in San Francisco is cautioning young women … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1367,59],"tags":[3259,1006,31,2327],"class_list":["post-33340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-childrens-health","category-pregnancy","tag-folic-acid","tag-gastric-bypass-surgery","tag-health-news","tag-malnutrition"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33340"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33438,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33340\/revisions\/33438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}