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Published July 18, 2025
quotes Zhongzheng (Jason) Niu in an article reporting on why Long Island kids are having a harder time with anxiety, obesity and sleeplessness. The story mentions a study published in May that Niu co-authored, which found that children born to mothers with health problems during pregnancy were more likely to have high blood pressure as they grew up. “If the mother has poor health, the baby will have poor health too,” he said.
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