Maternal Depression Linked To Shorter Children

Babies whose mothers have maternal depression have a higher risk of growing more slowly than normal during their first two years of life, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, reported in the journal Pediatrics. The authors explained that prior studies had demonstrated that maternal depression can lead to poor overall development, including slower physical growth during the first 24 months of a child's life...

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