A foremost U.S. pediatricians' group has warned against the intake of alchohol during pregnancy as against the regular believe that a little intake might do no harm.

“The only guarantee of having no effects from alcohol is no prenatal alcohol exposure,” Dr. Janet Williams, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science said.

She further said that even in the future research that alchohol always portray that“alcohol has subtle yet important lasting effects on academic performance, attention, behavior, cognition, memory, language skills, and visual and motor development.”

Physicians as well as researchers has warned against the intake of alchohol during pregnancy as it poses health hazards.