Poor diet in pregnancy, poor heart health for infants
Baboon study links low-calorie intake to long-term risks
CHANGE OF HEART A cardiac MRI shows how the heart of a baboon born to a mother moderately undernourished during pregnancy has a spherical shape (right). It pumps blood less efficiently than the hearts of offspring with well-fed mothers (left).
P. Nathanielsz, Geoffrey Clarke
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