“…For example, a recent study showed that offspring of mothers reporting worse health during pregnancy have a higher risk themselves to deliver a LBW infant (Teoli, Zullig, & Hendryx, 2013). Most health conditions, including self-perceived health, have been shown to be at least partly heritable (Mosing, Pedersen, Martin, & Wright, 2010; Mosing, Zietsch, Shekar, Wright, & Martin, 2009; Sorace et al, 2015) and similar findings have been reported for BW (Magnus, 1984), gestational age (Weinberg & Shi, 2009), and fetal growth (Svensson, Pawitan, Cnattingius, Reilly, & Lichtenstein, 2006). Thus, the same genetic influences causing poor health in the mother may also lead to LBW or fetal growth restriction, and subsequently cause poorer health in her offspring.…”