Pregnancy + Diet Soda = Obese Offspring?

A new study asserts that pregnant mothers who consume diet sodas during pregnancy have a higher risk of their offspring becoming obese, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The study of more than 3,000 Canadian children and their mothers found a significant link between the number of artificially sweetened beverages they drank while pregnant to the body mass index of their offspring. The results were published this week in JAMA Pediatrics.

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