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A new study has highlighted another important reason to maintain a healthy weight while trying to conceive: babies born to overweight and obese moms are more likely to have heart defects.

The study, conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and published in October's issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, found that:

Results from a recent study in the UK suggest that light drinking while pregnant does not cause any harm to the unborn baby.

Doctor Yvonne Kelly, from University College London, carried out the study (which involved 12,495 children and is available online from the International Journal of Epidemiology).