Summertime — and the growing is easy

MOTHERS who are pregnant in the summer have taller, stronger-boned babies because they benefit from the sun’s vitamin-boosting rays, a childhood study has revealed.

Those born in the late summer and early autumn are about half a centimetre taller and have wider bones than their peers born in winter and spring, an 18-year project found.

Expectant mothers lucky enough to be blooming in the hot months should get enough sun to boost their vitamin D levels just by walking around outside or sunbathing.