Obese Mothers make Obese kids!

A study published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
claims that the doctors start giving attention to the children
of overweight parents very early- by the age of 4 at the latest.
“We found dramatic increase in body fat between ages three and
six”, said Dr Robert Berkowitz, who led the study. He was also
quoted saying ” We should be doing prevention and treatment
programs at a much earlier age. Everyone knows how difficult it
is to take weight off once you are overweight.” As per the US
researchers, children of overweight mothers are 15 times more
likely to be obese by the age of 6 than the children of lean
mothers.

His team is now working on the eating and exercise habits of
the families they studied but said genes undoubtly play an
important role as per other studies which cant be ignored and
the biggest evidence is the dramatic spike in weight between
ages 3 and 6.” this suggests that some genes controlling body
weight may become active during this period”, added Berkowitz.
According to his study, one-third of the children of over-weight
women gained weight quickly after turning 3. Of the 37 children
of healthy weight women, only one became overweight. Now, all
those overweight women, you have one great reason to lose weight
and be healthy!

Berkowitz said certain children must carry a combination of
genes that make them much more vulnerable to what he calls the
‘toxic’ western environment, where it is difficult to exercise
and food abounds. He doesn’t blame diet to be the only factor
for obesity. “It doesn’t appear to be the factor entirely
because we know there are plenty of lean people who eat
hamburgers.”, he said. ” The lean group stays lean but this high
risk group really takes off.”

Results and studies at US Centre for Disease Control and
Prevention says 15% of U.S. children are overweight and more
than 60% of adults are overweight or obese. Now that’s a tummy
full statistics for you! Reuters

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