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New link between mother's pregnancy diet and offspring's chances of obesity found (EurekAlert, 18 April 2011)

19 Apr 2011

A new international study has found that a mother's diet during pregnancy can cause epigenetic changes to the offspring's DNA, thereby influencing the child's susceptibility to developing obesity later in life.

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