The effect of the economic crisis on birth outcome in Spain
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATIONTUESDAY 5th APRIL, 2016OXFORD, UK The unprecedented post-war European economic crisis which began in 2007 and the resulting fiscal austerity policies are generally considered to have had a negative impact on public health. A study published in the Annals of Human Biology by Carlos Varea and colleagues investigates the impact of the economic crisis on birth outcomes in Spain; specifically detailing temporal changes (from 2003-2012) in underweight at birth, birth weight being an