Cambridge study links pre-pregnancy fast food to altered breast milk protein composition

Inadequate maternal nutrition linked to low birth weight, fetal growth restriction, childhood obesity, and neurocognitive impairment in infants.

Long before a child draws its first breath, the choices a mother makes at the table may already be shaping the nourishment she will one day offer. Researchers at Cambridge University have found that a diet high in sugar and fat — consumed even before conception — can alter the protein composition of breast milk, suggesting that the arc of maternal nutrition bends further back than science had previously mapped. In the broader human story, this is a reminder that the body keeps a long memory, and that the foundations of a life are laid quietly, often before anyone knows a life has begun.

Cambridge study links pre-pregnancy fast food to altered breast milk protein composition

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