Forward Bending, Walking at Work Tied to Miscarriage Risk
A large-scale study of Danish women suggests that frequent forward bending and walking during early pregnancy may be associated with an increased risk of miscarriage. The research utilized a pregnancy-specific job exposure model to analyze data from over 470,000 women.
Why it matters
These findings provide important data for occupational health guidelines regarding physical activity levels for pregnant workers.
Bending forwards, and to a lesser extent, walking a lot at work in early pregnancy, may raise the risk of miscarriage, finds a large study of more than 470,000 Danish women, published online in the journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine.
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