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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

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PLOS

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

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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.

Journal

PLoS ONE

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0281051

Article Title

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

Article Publication Date

15-Feb-2023

COI Statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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