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New Study: C-section significantly increases the risk of respiratory tract infections, asthma, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis and obesity
4 min readFeb 7, 2025
New research from Taiwan finds being born by C-section significantly increases the risk of a child developing a number of immune and metabolic-related conditions:
- respiratory tract infections
- asthma
- allergic rhinitis
- atopic dermatitis
- obesity
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The Study:
The study looked at births between 2004 and 2013.
Participants in the study were followed until December 2018.
The Results:
Cesarean was found to significantly increase the risk of a child developing :
