'Eat fruit and veg' for healthy baby

Eating lots of fruit and vegetables before conception could boost the chances of delivering a baby of healthy weight, according to a new study.

Experts found that women who consumed three or more daily servings of leafy vegetables in the three months before falling pregnant had 50 per cent less chance of having a small baby. Eating fruit also appeared to lower the risk, as did consuming oily fish three times a week.

Babies who are small for their age at birth account for half of all stillbirths. Those who live have a higher chance of developing heart disease and diabetes when they are older.

The study involved more than 3,500 women.

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