Healthy Diet May Cut Risk of Birth Defects - Wall Street Journal

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BY JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN

Women who ate a low-fat, fiber-rich diet in the year before becoming pregnant had a significantly lower risk of having children with certain serious birth defects, a new study found.

The research, led by doctors at Stanford University School of Medicine, is believed to be the first large study to look at birth-defect risk and the overall quality of women's diets. The bulk of research on food and birth defects has studied one nutrient at a time.

The study showed that women who ate healthy diets before they became pregnant gave birth to fewer infants with two of the most ...

BY JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN

Women who ate a low-fat, fiber-rich diet in the year before becoming pregnant had a significantly lower risk of having children with certain serious birth defects, a new study found.

The research, led by doctors at Stanford University School of Medicine, is believed to be the first large study to look at birth-defect risk and the overall quality of women's diets. The bulk of research on food and birth defects has studied one nutrient at a time.

The study showed that women who ate healthy diets before they became pregnant gave birth to fewer infants with two of the most ...