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.
De izquierda a derecha: Eduard Gratacós, Director de BCNatal; Josefin Berg, madre participante en el estudio; Fàtima Crispi, Coordinadora científica del BCNatal y especialista sénior de la unidad de cardiología fetal de BCNatal; Àngel Font, Director Corporativo de Investigación y Salud; Francesca Crovetto, Investigadora principal del ensayo clínico Impact de BCNatal, y M. Carmen González Sánchez, madre participante, en la presentación del estudio.

Mediterranean diet or mindfulness during pregnancy reduces by one third the risk of a low birth weight baby

Barcelona

07.12.21

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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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