"Healthy eating by pregnant Moms starts babies off correctly"

Georgetown University researchers from the nurse midwifery/women's health nurse practitioner program recently found that mothers eating a wide range of food during pregnancy could shape their children's food preferences after birth.  These choices have the potential to reduce the risks of diabetes and obesity.  The concept is called prenatal flavor learning, and it affects the flavor and odors of what mothers eat that are transmitted to the fetus, and which show up in breast milk as well.  The Georgetown researchers found that fetal taste buds "are mature in utero by 13-15 weeks, with taste receptor cells appearing at 16 weeks."  Kim Trout, director of the program, noted that "with flavor learning, you can train a baby's palate with repetitive exposure."  See The Washington Post (November 24, 2011): A3.
Posted by Carol Rae Hansen PHD at 12/14/2011 11:10 AM
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