You are what you eat, as the old saying goes. Maybe so, but increasingly researchers are finding that you are also what your mother ate -- maternal nutrition has profound consequences on the health of offspring.
It is well known that smaller babies are more likely to suffer from heart disease, stroke, hypertension and diabetes.
More recently, poor nutrition around the time of fertilization and egg implantation have also been shown to be detrimental in adult life.
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