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World Service,03 May 1994,13 mins

Nutrition Part 1 - Pregnancy, Breast Cancer And Diet

Health Matters

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The impact of a healthy diet during pregnancy; linking diet to heart disease and strokes. Eating lots of saturated fat is linked to higher rates of breast cancer. Eating well is also crucial to the development of the unborn baby, with folic acid, Vitamin D and calcium all particularly essential. Presenter: Janet Davey.

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