Poor nutrition during pregnancy risk heart disease in kids
By TPN/Lusa,
in News, Health ·
04-07-2021 08:00:00 · 1 Comments
Poor nutrition during pregnancy has "a strong impact on the fetal heart", increasing the risk of developing cardiovascular disease in the long term, concluded a study released on 30 June by the University of Coimbra (UC).
Developed by a team of researchers from UC's Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), the study – which aimed to assess whether maternal malnutrition causes alterations at the level of mitochondria (the energy-producing cell organelles) in the heart of fetuses – suggests that "these babies should receive lifelong medical follow-up, given their increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease."