Fruit and vegetable intake in pregnant women reduces risk of upper respiratory tract infection

Friday, July 10, 2009 - 12:21 in Health & Medicine

(Boston) -- Boston University School of Medicine researchers (BUSM) have observed in a study of pregnant women that consumption of at least seven servings per day of fruits and vegetables moderately reduced the risk of developing an upper respiratory tract infection (URTI). The BUSM study appears online in the journal Public Health Nutrition.

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