Drinking Coffee While Pregnant , May Make Your Kids Shorter, Study Suggests.<br />The new study was published on Nov. 1 by the 'Journal of the American Medical Association.'.<br />2,500 children between the ages of 4 and 8 were surveyed around the country.<br />Instead of relying on mothers to accurately report their coffee consumption as with previous studies.<br />blood samples were used to find exact caffeine and paraxanthine levels.<br />Researchers found that drinking half a cup of coffee each day while pregnant may make your child an inch shorter by the time they enter elementary school.<br />Researchers found that drinking half a cup of coffee each day while pregnant may make your child an inch shorter by the time they enter elementary school.<br />Though the clinical implications of an approximately 2-cm height difference are unclear, our findings for height are similar in magnitude to those of children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy, Study researchers, via 'New York Post'.<br />We consistently observed shorter height, which has been associated with increased risk of multiple cardiometabolic diseases in both pregnant and nonpregnant individuals, Study researchers, via 'New York Post'.<br />It is important to determine whether in utero caffeine exposure has long-term growth implications in offspring, Study researchers, via 'New York Post'.<br />'New York Post' reports that previous studies have also linked a lower birth weight to moderate coffee consumption while pregnant
