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World War II Dutch famine babies' brains 'aging faster'

People who were still developing in the womb at the time of severe World War II food shortages did worse than others of similar ages at mental tests almost 60 years later, researchers say.

Scientists, writing in the PNAS journal, said the 1944 Dutch "famine" may have accelerated brain ageing.

They studied nearly 300 adults who had been foetuses at the time.

UK experts said even severe morning sickness was unlikely to cause a similar level of malnutrition today....
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