A study has linked alcohol consumption during pregnancy to altered face shape in the child (Picture: Getty Images/Tetra images RF) How much alcohol a mother drinks before and during pregnancy ...

Changes in face shape were seen even in cases where the amount of alcohol consumed was less than a small glass of wine or a bottle of beer a week. The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal ...

"We found a statistically significant association between prenatal alcohol exposure and face shape in the nine-year-old children... The more alcohol the mothers drank, the more statistically ...

Drinking even small amounts of alcohol when pregnant seems to have subtle effects on how a baby’s face develops – including the shape of their eyes, nose and lips. This isn’t necessarily ...