October 31, 2007
Japan: New Study Finds Children Of Smoking Mothers Have A Higher Risk Of Obesity
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Children whose mothers smoked even in the early stages of pregnancy are nearly three times more likely to struggle with obesity later in life, according to a Japanese study. The survey was done over a period of nearly two decades by a team led by Zentaro Yamagata, professor at Yamanashi University's School of Medicine. It covered 1,400 women in Japan who gave birth between April 1991 and March 1997. [click link for full article]
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