Many American women may need to start watching their weight during pregnancy so that they do not get too heavy and risk hurting their babies, researchers said on Wednesday.Yep.
They found that women who gained more weight during pregnancy gave birth to heavier babies, who in turn are themselves more likely to become obese adults. They also may be more prone to cancer, allergies, and asthma.
"The study suggests that the best time to begin obesity prevention may be actually prior to birth, by focusing on weight gain and diet of the mother during pregnancy," said Dr. David Ludwig of Children's Hospital in Boston, who worked on the study published in the medical journal The Lancet. Ludwig and Janet Currie, an economist at Columbia University in New York, looked at data from all babies born in Michigan and New Jersey over a 15-period, from 1989 to 2003 -- 513,500 women and their 1.1 million offspring.
They wanted to eliminate genetic causes of high birth weight so they compared babies born to the same mother.
"[T]he best time to begin obesity prevention may be actually prior to birth, by focusing on weight gain and diet of the mother during pregnancy..."
Dissuade fat people from having kids until the pounds are shed.
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