Maternal mortality goes up significantly with BMI: “The risk of maternal death increases with BMI; it multiplied by 1.6 in overweight women and more than tripl

Maternal mortality goes up significantly with BMI: “The risk of maternal death increases with BMI; it multiplied by 1.6 in overweight women and more than tripled in pregnant women with severe obesity.” https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-020-00691-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-020-00691-4 Black women are significantly more likely to be obese: “In 2018, African American women were 50 percent more likely to be obese than non-Hispanic white women.” https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/obesity-and-african-americans https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/obesity-and-african-americans