Eating fish reduces the risk of premature birth

That tuna sandwich may be more beneficial than you realise if you're expecting a baby. Eating fish in pregnancy greatly reduces the risk of premature birth and underweight babies, according to a new study of over 8,000 Danish women. The authors of the study, from the Maternal Nutrition Group at the Danish Epidemiology Science Centre and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Skejby University Hospital in Denmark, invited all pregnant women receiving routine ante-natal care in Aarhus, on the east coast, to complete questionnaires in weeks 16 and 30 of pregnancy.