According to a new study, food that soon-to-be-moms eat in the days and weeks around the time of conception-or what's known as periconceptional nutrition-may affect the functioning of genes in her children, and their health. In an early study, U. S. Department of Agriculture-funded research molecular geneticist Robert A. Waterland and co-investigators examined gene function of 50 healthy children living in rural villages in the West African nation of The Gambia. ...
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Thursday, 14 March 2013
Study: Periconceptional Nutrition May Affect Functioning of Genes In Children
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