Weve known for a long time that smoking during pregnancy is not good for the baby, but our study shows that its potentially much worse than previously thoughtGordon Smith The study, published today in the International Journal of Epidemiology , also found that smoking meant that the baby was four times more likely to be small for its gestational age, putting it at risk of potentially serious complications including breathing difficulties and infections
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The studies analyzed consistently highlight adolescence as a critical period of neurobiological maturationparticularly within the prefrontal cortex and limbic regions that regulate cognition, emotion, and decision-makingduring which nicotine exposure may confer heightened vulnerability ( Nicotine acts on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, affecting neurotransmission and synaptic plasticity
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Eating predominantly high-GI foods is associated with chronic disease and strongly associated with heart disease
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