The foundations of our health were built in our mothers’ wombs. A healthy pregnancy is much more than nourishing the growing fetus; the mother’s metabolic condition is critical too. Half of all women of childbearing age are overweight with direct lifelong impact for their children. We explore the links between the health of mother and child, and what we can do about it.

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