Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:19:1
David Goodhue - AHN Reporter
Manchester, England (AHN) - A British health researcher said that a woman's diet during pregnancy is essential to her child's bone growth up to nine years after they are born and beyond.
Dr. Zoe Cole, from the University of Southampton, told attendees of the National Osteoporosis Society's annual meeting in Manchester that women who ate a sustained diet high in fruits and vegetables, yogurt, whole wheat bread and cereals had children with stronger bone mass than mothers who consumed a lot of processed meats, potato chips, soda and other soft drinks , sugar and white bread.
Cole reports that her study found that mothers who followed a healthier diet during pregnancy had 11 percent greater bone calcium content and 8 percent great whole body bone area than kids born to mothers with poorer diets.
This can have life-long lasting results, Cole said at the conference.
"Bone mass determines bone strength, and studies suggest that a lower bone mass when we are young will affect bone fragility later in life," she said.
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