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8th October 2018
10:18am BST

"We found that one of the biggest predictors of cognitive development was how much fruit moms consumed during pregnancy," said study author Piush Mandhane of the University of Alberta in Canada. "The more fruit moms had, the higher their child's cognitive development. "We know that the longer a child is in the womb, the further they develop - and having one more serving of fruit per day in a mother's diet provides her baby with the same benefit as being born a whole week later."Interestingly, baby fruit flies (used in testing because they have strikingly similar versions of human genes) also had improved learning and memory if their parents had more fruit juice in their diet. Would these findings encourage you to reach for an apple? Let us know on Twitter @HerFamilydotie.