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Bad habits during pregnancy ups future obesity risk in kids

Obesity risk of a child can be determined by examining mother’s health behaviours during pregnancy, a new study has revealed. Children of mothers who smoke or are overweight during pregnancy have higher risk of childhood obesity, ac [...]

Posted On : Nov, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Workplace pollutants tied to kids' asthma risk

The review of registry data on 45,658 seven-year-old children and their mothers found that 18.6 percent of children of mothers who were exposed to low-molecular-weight particles at work during pregnancy developed asthma, compared to 16.1 [...]

Posted On : Oct, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids From Unplanned Pregnancies Tend to Lag Behind Intellect...

Young children born after unplanned pregnancies tend to have a smaller vocabulary and poorer non-verbal and spatial abilities than other children, but these problems are actually due to socioeconomic factors, a new study suggests. Rese [...]

Posted On : Jul, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Mums who drink in pregnancy have unruly kids

Teenagers whose mothers drank early in pregnancy are more likely to become unruly, aggressive and badly behaved, researchers claim. According to their study, the risk of anti-social behaviour rose threefold among 16-year-olds whose mothe [...]

Posted On : Mar, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Antioxidants prevent obesity in kids

Women who take antioxidants before and during their pregnancies may be protecting their offspring against obesity and diabetes, according to a new study on animals. Noting that a high-fat, high-carbohydrate diet causes oxidative stress d [...]

Posted On : Mar, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids’ behavior not impacted by pre-pregnancy weight

A new study has found that kids born to overweight mothers might not necessarily suffer from behavioral or intellectual problems. There have been earlier studies that have stated that mothers who are overweight before pregnancy give birt [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Eating iron and folic acid during pregnancy can lead to brig...

Expectant mothers consuming iron and folic acid supplements during their pregnancy are more likely to bear smarter, brighter, and well organized children than those who do not take the supplements, reveals a recent study by U.S. research [...]

Posted On : Dec, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Smoking during pregnancy can induce problems in kids

A new study has shown that mothers who smoke during pregnancy have the risk of having children who might get a criminal record when they grow up as smoking induces behavioural problems in children during pregnancy. Researchers found a do [...]

Posted On : Nov, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

Moms Who Smoke During Pregnancy Might Have Criminal Kids

Betty Drapers of the world, listen up. While research has already shown a link between maternal smoking in pregnancy and attention and behavioral problems in kids and teens, a new study from the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Heal [...]

Posted On : Nov, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

CT tests in pregnancy don't raise kids' cancer risk

CT scans and other nuclear medicine diagnostic tests during a woman's pregnancy do not increase her baby's risk of cancer, new data suggest. In about one out of every 160 pregnancies, a CT scan or other nuclear medicine diag [...]

Posted On : Sep, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Diabetes Risk in Kids During Pregnancy

Pregnancy is a very delicate state of health. During this time women are advised to take good care of themselves. A new study says that pregnant mothers who have high blood glucose will lead their kids to low insulin sensitivity which is [...]

Posted On : Jun, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy can raise diabetes risk in kids

A new study has shown that kids of mothers whose blood glucose (sugar) was high during pregnancy are more likely to have low insulin sensitivity-a risk factor for type 2 diabetes. "We know that children born to women with type 2 dia [...]

Posted On : Jun, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Excess pregnancy pounds tied to extra fat in kids

The findings support the latest pregnancy weight-gain recommendations from the U.S. Institute of Medicine (IOM), according to senior researcher Dr. Sian Robinson, a nutritionist with the MRC Epidemiology Research Center in Southampton: 2 [...]

Posted On : Apr, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Depressed mums-to-be more likely to have aggressive kids

Pregnant women who are depressed are more likely to have kids who are physically aggressive as teens than other expecting moms, a new study finds.What’s more, women who are aggressive and disruptive in their own teen years are more [...]