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Title: How does maternal diet affect foetuses?
Post by: thedoc on 18/07/2013 13:28:33
Cutting-edge research in epigenetics - the ways in which the environment can affect the behavior of genes - is changing  the way pregnant women think about food and supplements. There's new science behind how a woman may reduce her baby's risk of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease by eating specific foods in pregnancy. Science writer Jena Pincott gives an overview of how food can affect a fetus...

Read the article (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/articles/article/can-a-mother-s-diet-affect-her-baby-s-genes/) then tell us what you think...