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Working during pregnancy can affect baby's weight

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Mon, 10/08/2012 - 12:28am

Research by the Institute for Social and Economic Research and the University of Essex has found that mums-to-be who work through their pregnancy are increasing the chances of giving birth to smaller babies. Women who worked to the eighth month of pregnancy risked giving birth to babies half a pound lighter – an equivalent detriment to smoking in pregnancy.

The research opens important policy questions on the health implications for working pregnant mothers and their unborn children.

The researchers identified 1,339 children whose mothers were part of the British Household...

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