Weight Gain During Pregnancy Increases Weight Of Child Independent Of Genetic Factors

Early nutritional child abuse is intentional, not genetic.

A study analysing the weight gain during pregnancy of mothers with more than one child shows that pregnant women who put on more weight are much more likely to have heavier babies. Given the association of birthweight with adult weight, the authors of this new work say that obesity prevention efforts targeted at women during pregnancy could have beneficial effects for their children. The Article, published Online First in The Lancet, is written by Dr David S Ludwig, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, and Dr Janet Currie, Columbia University, New York, USA...

The authors conclude:

Because high birthweight predicts BMI later in life, these findings suggest that excessive weight gain during pregnancy could raise the long-term risk of obesity-related disease in offspring. High birthweight might also increase risk of other diseases later in life, including asthma, atopy, and cancer.

Fat parents have fat kids.

The only way to help the kids, is to hold fat parents accountable.