Study Links Maternal Height To Children's Health Outcomes

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Malnutrition suffered during a woman's childhood "can adversely affect the health of her children, Harvard researchers said Tuesday," following the release of their study in developing countries, which "found that the shortest women were substantially more likely to have children who died at an early age, who were underweight or who failed to thrive, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical [Association]" (JAMA), the Los Angeles Times' blog "Shots" reports. "Height is a useful and stable marker of cumulative health," said S.V...


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