A person's chances of developing cancer are affected by their mother's behaviour before they are conceived.
According to Prof. Rocardo Uauy, woman should stop smoking before they conceive as cigarettes can increase the risk of children having a low birth weight.
Research suggests that underweight children put on weight quickly around their middles in early years which adds to the risk of cancer later on.
It is also suggested that when the child is born, parents should limit their child's television viewing and encourage exercise.
Breastfeeding is believed to have anti-cancer effects and babies should not eat solids until they're older than six months.
Excerpted from Health News in Brief, Life & Times, New Straits Times, p.6, September 28, 2010.
According to Prof. Rocardo Uauy, woman should stop smoking before they conceive as cigarettes can increase the risk of children having a low birth weight.
Research suggests that underweight children put on weight quickly around their middles in early years which adds to the risk of cancer later on.
It is also suggested that when the child is born, parents should limit their child's television viewing and encourage exercise.
Breastfeeding is believed to have anti-cancer effects and babies should not eat solids until they're older than six months.
Excerpted from Health News in Brief, Life & Times, New Straits Times, p.6, September 28, 2010.
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