A new study evaluated whether pregnancy weight management can affect a child's bone mass. Reportedly in under/normal weight mothers weight gain during pregnancy was linked to slightly increased bone mass at seven years of age in children whereas in overweight/obese mothers there was no beneficial effect of weight gain. Here we give you the details about this new study. According to Teresa Monjardino lead author from the Universidade do Porto in Portugal weight management strategies during pregnancy reduce child cardiometabolic risk like diabetes and heart disease. Reportedly researchers observed that maternal weight has an overall positive correlation with a child's
