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Study shows link between obese children and overweight and diabetic mothers during pregnancy
Posted on: 12/May/2016 10:16:28 AM
A U.S. study has said that women who, during pregnancy, gain excessive weight or develop diabetes are more likely to have obese children, even when the babies start out at a normal size and weight. The study was conducted by researchers at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Oregon and Honolulu, Hawaii.
In previous studies, researchers have found that there is a link between pregnancy weight gain and blood sugar spikes and overweight babies. This study, however, offers first time evidence of factors that increase the risk of obesity in healthy babies as well.
The researchers of the new study followed the weights of more than 13,000 babies over a decade. All of the babies started off with normal weight. Between ages 2 and 10, about 49 percent of the children were overweight at some point. 29 percent were obese. The results also showed that the children were 29 percent more likely to be obese by age 10 if their mother had diabetes during pregnancy. If the mother’s weight gain exceeded 40 pounds, the children had a 16 percent higher chance of obesity.
Speaking about the research, the scientists said, It is a common belief that all normal weight babies have the same risk of becoming obese as children and adults. This study shows that that isn’t true.
A researcher from the Weill Cornell Medicine in New York and Charite University Medicine Berlin who wasn’t involved in the study said, Overweight or obese women who shed excess pounds before they become pregnant can lower the likelihood of having an obese child. One common myth women need to avoid is the notion that pregnancy is a time they can eat for two. It is not necessary, moreover it is dangerous, to eat for two, as my grandmother was told about nutrition during pregnancy.
The study’s lead author says, Once babies are born, even a mother who gained too much pregnancy weight or developed gestational diabetes can still take steps to lower the odds of obesity for her children. She can breastfeed her infant; studies show that breastfed babies are less likely to become obese and we also found breastfeeding reduced childhood obesity in a small subsample of our study. She can also feed her child healthy foods, and get nutritional advice about what to feed her baby, especially when it comes to starting on solid food, and she can make sure her she and her child get plenty of exercise.
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