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A study has shown that the food a pregnant woman eats affects the shape of her baby’s face.
According to research findings published in the international academic journal Nature Communications on the 28th, everything from the shape of a person’s skull to the shape of their nasal cartilage varies slightly depending on the nutrients consumed during pregnancy.
Dr. Meng Jai’s research group at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Kalolinska Institutet, Swedish Medical University, provided pregnant mice with different diets and, as a result, the mTORC1 (protein complex that contributes to cell proliferation, activation of hormones, etc.) ) The signaling system in the uterus is changed, resulting in changes in the appearance of the offspring. It turned out that the characteristics are given to .
The results showed that a high-protein diet leads to enlarged facial features, including a more prominent chin and thicker nasal cartilage. However, when the mother was given low-protein food, her face became slimmer and her features became sharper.
The research team said: “A person’s face is determined by their parents’ genes, but a reason has been discovered why even identical siblings have slightly different faces. Changes in maternal diet may interact with complex genetic mechanisms to influence creating various characteristic faces.” “I showed it,” she explained.
Kim Kyung-rim, children’s mom reporter limkim@kizmom.com
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