Ramadan fasting not linked to preterm births

In a small new study published in in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, pregnant women who fasted during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan were no more likely to give birth prematurely than women who did not observe the fast.
Lebanese researchers found no significant differences in the rate of births before the 37th week of pregnancy among 201 pregnant Beirut women who fasted during the daytime compared with 201 women who did not.