Mouse study suggests high-fat diets during pregnancy worsen severe GI illness in preterm babies

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Source: Lena Bode/William Fulton/Menghan Wang Hackam lab

A new mouse study suggests a link between a high-fat prenatal diet and induction of potentially deadly symptoms of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in premature babies. 

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