Health before pregnancy affects baby

Irish Times Friday 19th August, 2011

AMY STRANGETHE HEALTH of a baby is affected by the health of the mother even before she becomes pregnant, according to research from Imperial College London.A team studied 105 mother-infant pairs and found a link between the body mass index of a woman at the start of her pregnancy and the amount of fat in her baby.';Our findings offer a biological ...

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