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Sandi Azab, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Global Health, McMaster University

How mother’s diet affects baby’s health: What insights from different cultures can tell us

Prenatal nutrition plays an important role in shaping the future health of an infant. (Shutterstock)

What happens in the womb and during the first 1,000 days of life is critical to shaping a baby’s future health, a fact that is becoming ever more apparent as research dives deeper into this period.

A glaring example is gestational diabetes, a temporary form of diabetes that some women develop during pregnancy.

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