Health and Fitness.

Taking antioxidants in pregnancy good for kids

ANI,Mar 15, 2011, 03.44pm IST

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 during pregnancy, predisposing the offspring to obesity and diabetes, researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia decided to study the effect of antioxidants before and during pregnancy in rats.

If the results in animals prove to be similar in humans, the research may have implications for reducing obesity rates in children.

"We already know that there are critical periods during human development that influence the later development of obesity," said senior author and neonatologist Rebecca A. Simmons

(source:the times of india)

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