(Source: BWH - Brigham and Women's Hospital) Mar 2, 2016 Mother's Food Choices During Pregnancy May Influence Inflammation and Outcomes Diet is known to play a role in inflammation in adults, but exactly how a woman's diet during pregnancy may affect inflammation and, in turn, her health and the health of her baby is not well understood. A new study led by researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) uses the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) to score a woman's diet during pregnancy and measure the influence of diet on both inflammation during pregnancy and on maternal and infant outcomes before and after childbirth. The team finds that more pro-inflammatory...
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