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  "id": 16060755,
  "title": "Excessive weight gain during pregnancy linked to higher risk of severe maternal complications",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/excessive-weight-gain-during-pregnancy-linked-to-higher-risk-of",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-22T15:00:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-excessive-weight-gain-pregnancy-linked.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A new study of more than 1 million births led by McMaster University researchers has found that gaining too much weight during pregnancy, regardless of a person's starting weight, is linked to a higher risk of life-threatening maternal complications.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}