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Light drinking during pregnancy: Harmful to child’s behavioral or intellectual development?

October 7, 2010 by

Light drinking during pregnancy does not harm a young child's behavioral or intellectual development, a new study in the UK suggests. In fact, researchers found that children born to light drinkers (consuming 1 to 2 drinks per week) were 30 percent less likely to have behavioral problems than children whose mothers did not drink during pregnancy.

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