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The results of the study have been published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
A team of scientists tracked babies who were born in the late 1980s and found the individuals' height during adolescence was directly related to how much milk their mothers consumed when they were in the womb.
Babies born to 809 women in Denmark in 1988 and 1989 were tracked for the research. The babies weight and birth length was recorded, and then followed up almost 20 years later, with the findings suggesting that both male and female teenagers were generally taller if their mothers had consumer more than 150 millilitres - roughly a quarter of a pint of milk - a day during the pregnancy, compared to children born to women who drank less than that amount.
In addition, by their late teens, they also had a higher level of insulin in their bloodstream, suggesting they were less at risk of getting type two diabetes.
In a report on the results, the experts said: "Maternal milk consumption may have a growth-promoting effect with respect to weight and length at birth.
"These results also provide some suggestion that this effect may even track into early adult age."
(JP/CD)
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Drinking Milk During Pregnancy Makes Kids Taller - Study
New research has suggested that children born to women who drink milk during pregnancy are more likely to be taller when they are teenagers.The results of the study have been published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
A team of scientists tracked babies who were born in the late 1980s and found the individuals' height during adolescence was directly related to how much milk their mothers consumed when they were in the womb.
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Babies born to 809 women in Denmark in 1988 and 1989 were tracked for the research. The babies weight and birth length was recorded, and then followed up almost 20 years later, with the findings suggesting that both male and female teenagers were generally taller if their mothers had consumer more than 150 millilitres - roughly a quarter of a pint of milk - a day during the pregnancy, compared to children born to women who drank less than that amount.
In addition, by their late teens, they also had a higher level of insulin in their bloodstream, suggesting they were less at risk of getting type two diabetes.
In a report on the results, the experts said: "Maternal milk consumption may have a growth-promoting effect with respect to weight and length at birth.
"These results also provide some suggestion that this effect may even track into early adult age."
(JP/CD)
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