The impact of maternal obesity on mother and neonatal health: study in a tertiary hospital of Astana, Kazakhstan.

This study was aimed to investigate the impact of maternal obesity on mothers and their neonatal health. Our study population consisted of 157 women with completed singleton pregnancies, which included both obese (Body mass index, BMI > or =30) and non-obese women (BMI < 30). Data were collected from case histories, and ante- and postnatal records at the tertiary hospital in Astana, Kazakhstan between January and February of 2008.