Figure 3. Attending prenatal checkups can help reduce the risk of low weight at birth. (IMAGE)

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Figure 3. Attending prenatal checkups can help reduce the risk of low weight at birth.

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Scientists recently pinpointed the main factors associated with mothers’ attendance at prenatal checkups and uncovered its link with low birth weight in Japan.

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Professor Mitsue Nagamine

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