Are C-sections increasing BMI in kids?

Episode 71

Free Associations Podcast | April 21st, 2020

Matt, Jen, and guest Jennifer Weuve discuss a study that looks at whether elective and non-elective C-sections are leading to increased BMI in kids, they discuss a blog that asks whether bad statistical practices are crowding out good ones, and Matt breaks out his dance moves.

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C-section study

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Jennifer Weuve, MPH, ScD

is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at BUSPH. In her research, she pursues answers to questions in two major realms of human health: (1) the forces that accelerate the aging of the brain and body, and (2) the health effects of being exposed to environmental toxicants. Underlying all of her research is a foundation in epidemiologic methods.

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