Study: Cut caffeine to build baby's weight
date:Feb 20, 2013
orwegian Institute of Public Health suggests that drinking 200-300mg of caffeine per day raised the risk of a baby being born small for gestational age (SGA) by between 27-62%, depending on how the condition was defined. A child that was expected to be born with the average birthweight of 3.6kg lost 21-28g for every 100mg of caffeine the mother consumed each day, the scientists say in the journal BMC Medicine. Caffeine from any source seemed to reduce birthweights.

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