Mom's Weight During First Pregnancy May Impact Second Child (IMAGE)

Saint Louis University

Mom's Weight During First Pregnancy May Impact Second Child

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Jen Jen Chang, Ph.D, left, and Maya Tabet are members of the Saint Louis University research team who found a correlation between a mother's weight when she first became pregnant and how her subsequent babies do.

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