A new Danish study finds that pregnant women who drank a small amount of alcohol tended to be healthier in other ways than mothers-to-be who abstained altogether, suggesting other factors need to be considered when looking at the effects of light drinking vs. abstaining during pregnancy. LiveScience reports that the study involved 63,000 pregnant women in Denmark, with women who drank a small amount more likely to exercise and have a normal body mass index compared to women who didn't drink alcohol. "Women who drink and women who do not drink in pregnancy are very different on a large number of characteristics," study researcher Janni Niclasen, a psychology researcher at the University of Copenhagen, told LiveScience. While the link between heavy alcohol consumption and health and developmental problems in children is well established, mounting evidence is now suggesting that the picture may be different for light drinking.
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