Placenta
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Prepregnancy obesity is associated with increased morbidity and mortality for mother and offspring. The objective of our study is to estimate the effect of maternal prepregnancy weight on placental pathological lesions.. ⋯ Our study provides evidence that prepregnancy obesity exerts its adverse in-utero influence on placental pathology. These influences may have impact on maternal and fetal health. With obesity rising steadily, these results appear to raise serious public health concerns of prepregnancy obesity.