Drinking during pregnancy increases risk child will be aggressive, study finds

Teenagers are significantly more likely to be unruly, aggressive and badly behaved if their mothers drank early in pregnancy, a study has found.

Drinking during pregnancy increases risk child will be aggressive, study finds

Teenagers are significantly more likely to be unruly, aggressive and badly behaved if their mothers drank early in pregnancy, a study has found.

As little as one alcoholic drink a day during the first three months of pregnancy was enough to increase the risk of “conduct disorder” in 16-year-olds three-fold, said researchers.

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