The baby is taller if the mother exposes the summer sun when pregnant

The babies born at the end of the summer, the heads from the sun-hot pregnant women are much taller and stronger than those born in winter and spring, a big study has just confirmed.

The pregnant summer sunshine in the last 3 months of pregnancy will help children grow taller.Photo: bralady.co.uk

Scientists believe that the reason for this is that increased sunshine increases the vitamin D - vitamin content combined with calcium to build the skeleton.

Babies born in the late summer and early autumn also have larger and thicker bones, ensuring they are healthy when they mature.

The body produces most of the vitamin D from the sun, not from food, but sun exposure is controversial because it can trigger skin cancer.

However, an 18-year project of Bristol University provided evidence that sunshine vitamins are important for bone formation in young children, even in the uterus.

The team studied sun exposure in mothers of 7,000 children within the last three months of pregnancy. Next, at the age of 10, these children were measured for bone density and X-rayed bone.

As a result, the children of the women exposed to the sun most were half a centimeter taller than the babies born in the sunniest months. And because of the larger bones, these babies also have more bone area than the following group about 8 cm.

Since then, researchers recommend pregnant women in the summer to make full use of the sun by walking outdoors, even sunbathing.

Pregnant people from November to May - when the sun is weak - consider vitamin D supplementation. The UK food standards agency recommends that pregnant women take 10 micrograms of vitamin D daily.