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Maternal Nutrition and Preterm Delivery

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The USA has one of the highest rates of preterm birth (<37 weeks gestation) in the developed world. The zenith was reached in 2006 with a rate of 12.6 %, an increase of more that 15–30 % compared to prior years (9.7 % in 1990, 11.0 % in 2005). The rate has decreased since then and by the year 2012 amounted to 11.55 % (National Vital Statistics Reports 62:1–87, 2013).

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