New parents left unprepared due to UK Government health failures, report warns

New parents left unprepared due to UK Government health failures, report warns

New moms and dads left unprepared for parenthood by government health 'failures', report warns

  • Women from Black ethnic background in England are one-and-a-half-times more likely to enter pregnancy with obesity compared with white women,
  • People from low-income families are three times more likely to smoke at the time of conception,
  • Women living in deprived areas are nearly two times more likely to have a pre-existing mental health condition.

Five-point action plan:

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