Light drinking during pregnancy does not harm child behavioral or mental development, reports a UK survey of 10,534 seven–year-old, in which mothers had either abstained from alcohol or drank lightly while pregnant. Little difference was found between the two groups. But if women want to avoid all possible risks, they should not drink alcohol at all during pregnancy.
Light drinking is defined as having up to two units (a glass of beer or a 30 ml of spirits) a week, but binge drinking or getting drunk should be avoided, says the study.
“We know heavy drinking during pregnancy has a very deleterious effect, but it is very unlikely that drinking small amounts will have an impact. The environment children grow up in is massively more important,” says Prof Yvonne Kelly, co-author of the study in an international Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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Hindustan Times- Wellness,
21/04/2013
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