Battle of the Bulge

Auckland University is at the forefront of new medical research linking malnutrition at the time of conception to instances of premature birth. Pediatrician Dr. Frank Bloomfield has conducted a study using sheep which “[seems to] suggest that women who have extremes of diet may put their pregnancies at increased risk of preterm birth.” The study is being hailed as groundbreaking in the US, where scientists have been struggling to explain a dramatic increase in premature births.