Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Study links children's obesity to pregnant mom's excess weight, smoking

From Reuters (6/18):

Study links children's obesity to pregnant mom's excess weight, smoking

Children were more likely to be obese until their teen years if their mother smoked while pregnant or was overweight early in pregnancy, according to a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Children who fell into the early-persistent-obesity trajectory had a double the odds of asthma and high blood pressure levels than did the normal-weight-trajectory group.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/18/us-obesity-trajectory-idUSKBN0ET2T420140618

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