Work to improve children's health should start before mother becomes pregnant

Monday, October 20, 2014 - 12:31 in Health & Medicine

The key to making future generations healthier could lie before the mother becomes pregnant, researchers believe. In a new article, they say that a greater understanding is needed of the role of maternal nutrition in preconception and its impact on the child, adding that while the evidence published to date provides useful ways to improve the health of children, it also raises many questions.

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