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Pregnant women who fast during Ramadan tend to give birth to babies with lower weights, but this effect is reduced in women consuming a high fat diet outside of fasting hours

02.15.23 | PLOS

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Ramadan during pregnancy and neonatal health—Fasting, dietary composition and sleep patterns
The research found that this effect is reduced in women consuming a high fat diet outside of fasting hours. Credit: Pexels, Pixabay, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281051

Article Title: Ramadan during pregnancy and neonatal health—Fasting, dietary composition and sleep patterns

Author Countries: Germany

Funding: This research was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG, https://www.dfg.de/ ), grant 260639091 (awarded to RvE). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0281051

Ramadan during pregnancy and neonatal health—Fasting, dietary composition and sleep patterns

15-Feb-2023

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Health and Medicine High Fat Diets Human Health Human Reproduction Pregnancy Public Health Social Sciences

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0281051
Article Publication Date
2023-02-15
Article Title
Ramadan during pregnancy and neonatal health—Fasting, dietary composition and sleep patterns
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2023, February 15). Pregnant women who fast during Ramadan tend to give birth to babies with lower weights, but this effect is reduced in women consuming a high fat diet outside of fasting hours. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/8J43QGRL/pregnant-women-who-fast-during-ramadan-tend-to-give-birth-to-babies-with-lower-weights-but-this-effect-is-reduced-in-women-consuming-a-high-fat-diet-outside-of-fasting-hours.html
MLA:
"Pregnant women who fast during Ramadan tend to give birth to babies with lower weights, but this effect is reduced in women consuming a high fat diet outside of fasting hours." Brightsurf News, Feb. 15 2023, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/8J43QGRL/pregnant-women-who-fast-during-ramadan-tend-to-give-birth-to-babies-with-lower-weights-but-this-effect-is-reduced-in-women-consuming-a-high-fat-diet-outside-of-fasting-hours.html.