Why good nutrition matters

Apple or biscuit? Apple or biscuit... Wait, why am I asking you, baby bump? I'm the grownup here!

Is there a connection between a mum-to-be’s nutrition and her baby’s health? Tiffany Brown investigates.

If you’ve ever been pregnant and politely turned down the offer of a glass of wine or an unsafe or unhealthy snack from an older woman, you may well have heard the offerer mutter something about her own generation to the effect of, “We didn’t follow all these crazy rules when we were pregnant, and our kids all turned out all right, didn’t they?”

Well, did we? According to Ministry of Health figures, around 66% of Kiwi adults are overweight or obese. Chronic illness abounds, diseases and disorders are rampant... In fact, it seems as if we may never have been more unhealthy. So did we really turn out all right?

Hold up a minute, Grandma

While studies on the last few generations of children from alcohol-free, or at least minimum-alcohol-consuming mothers, as well as those consuming a more nutritionally optimised diet before and after conception are limited, there has... BUY BUMP&baby ISSUE #7 FOR THE FULL STORY.