Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2012, para. 18
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Noting with concern that maternal and child health is inextricably linked to the risk of non-communicable diseases and associated risk factors, specifically given that prenatal malnutrition and low birth weight create a predisposition to obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes later in life and that conditions such as maternal obesity and gestational diabetes are also associated with an increased risk of contracting non-communicable diseases,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Vote
Topic(s)
Gender
Health
Person(s) affected
Children
Women
Year
2012
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
CSW resolution, Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women (2012), PP 18.