Mother's Diet Linked to Spina Bifida
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Oct 12, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- The risk of the congenital birth abnormality of spina bifida can be reduced measurably if the mother simply eats a balanced diet, ...
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Fortifying food with folic acid can greatly reduce the incidence of spina bifida and other birth defects, says a Canadian study in the latest issue of BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.
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Many parents struggle to know which foods are healthy for their children, a survey shows.
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A mutation in mitochondrial DNA passed down from mother to child has now been linked to metabolic syndrome, a collection of traits that includes, high cholesterol, hypertension, obesity and insulin resistance.
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FRIDAY, Sept. 24 (HealthDayNews) -- Women with certain genes get an extra protective boost when they take fish oils called marine n-3 fatty acids that may reduce the risk of breast cancer.
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With low carb diets like Atkins being all the rage across the world, a new study has now indicated that pregnant women can also adhere to the diets as it might have a positive influence on the offspring.
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Increasing a mother's intake of folic acid by adding the vitamin to food supplies has been shown to cut the risk of having a baby with neural tube defects, a birth defect in which the spine doesn't fuse properly. However, new research indicates that this benefit is much weaker in overweight and obese women.
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Upping the daily intake of folate has been widely promoted in recent years to reduce women&#39;s risk of having a baby with spina bifida, but it also seems to have another benefit.
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Children whose mothers get  enough omega-3 fatty acid during pregnancy may have sharper  problem-solving skills in infancy, a small study suggests.
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Babies born by Caesarean section may have a greater risk of suffering food allergies and diarrhoea during their first 12 months, research suggests.
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Adding folic acid to foods can significantly reduce the number of babies born with spina bifida and other birth defects, according to a new study by Canadian researchers.
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FRIDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDayNews) -- A mother's love may be unconditional, but her genes can be a burden for some children, research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Consuming a low-cholesterol, low-fat diet during pregnancy seems to have a beneficial effect on blood flow in the fetus, Norwegian researchers report.
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Investigators have found that  children, whose mothers had a larger body mass index (BMI)  prior to pregnancy or a large mid-upper arm circumference in  late pregnancy, also had higher levels of body fat at the age  of 9 years than other children of the same age. The amount of  weight mothers put on during pregnancy, however, had no effect  on their child&#39;s body fat.
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NEW YORK  - A mother's weight seems to have  a strong influence over her young child's weight only in  Hispanic families, while other health factors are apparently  carried over between black mothers and their children, new  research suggests.
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Children of mothers who ate more fish and other seafood while pregnant are smarter and have better developmental skills than kids of women who ate less or none, researchers said on Thursday in findings they called surprising.
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Children of mothers who ate more  fish and other seafood while pregnant are smarter and have  better developmental skills than kids of women who ate less or  none, researchers said on Thursday in findings they called  surprising.