What The Study Did: This observational study, which used follow-up data from a breastfeeding promotion intervention in the Republic of Belarus, found that higher maternal weight during pregnancy may be associated with poorer offspring brain development into adolescence.
Authors: Emily Oken, M.D., M.P.H., of Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute in Boston, is the corresponding author.
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