date:Jan 15, 2013
e compared to the concentrations of PUFAs, measured in blood samples that were collected from their mothers during pregnancy.
The research team found children born to mothers who had higher levels of n-6 PUFAs during pregnancy had a higher fat mass. Ph.D. Nicholas Harvey, senior lecturer at the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, who led the research with Rebecca Moon, clinical research fellow said, Obesity is a rising problem in this country and there have been very few studies of mother's fatty