date:Sep 01, 2012
ith preterm pregnancy, such as low birth weight and marijuana smoking.
Englund-gge et al.s new study is already available online, and is slated for publication in the September issue of theAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
It uses data from the ongoing Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa), which aims to determine the causes of preterm birth by examining lifestyle habits, diet, genetic factors and infections.
Lifestyle and diet
For this study, the researchers, from the Norwegi