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American doctors have found that the health of the baby in many ways depends on the month of his conception – for example, May children are much more often they are born prematurely and get the flu, while “summer” babies have a relatively high weight, the article says. published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Janet Currie and Hannes Schwandt of Princeton University (USA) found that the moment of conception Influencing Infant Health by Comparing Data Collected United States social services at birth of nearly 1.5 million children in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Carrie and Schwandt considered social status during the analysis. mothers and fathers, their education, bad habits and other external factors. They compared these data with their health status. children, including their susceptibility to illness and duration pregnancy. The authors of the article believed that such an approach would help them. understand how bad habits of parents affect their future offspring.
To the surprise of physicians, none of the “parental” factors practically did not affect the health of their children. On the other hand, there was a direct correlation between conception time and many details from the first days of a baby’s life. So, the month of conception determined the mass of the newborn, its resistance to infections and the time of his gestation in the womb.
According to researchers, May was the most unlucky month for conceiving a child – May children suffered most from flu and other illnesses are more often premature. With another hand, the babies conceived in the summer months were large weight and less likely to suffer from disease.
Scientists do not yet know what these patterns are associated with, however they are thought to be due to the seasonal nature of some diseases affecting maternal health. For example, poor health May children can be explained by the fact that they are born during influenza epidemics in January-February.
Health Time
