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Ed
16 yrs ago
As doctors and researchers grapple with the United States' runaway rates of obesity, they have begun to look for causes of overweight in a critical if little understood period of life — the nine months before birth. Research has found that women who gain too much weight in pregnancy have heavier babies, and that heavier babies are more prone to obesity later on.
But, until now, researchers have not been able to rule out the role of genes. If heavier mothers give birth to heavier babies, it could well be that it is the woman's genes that cause her to gain excessive weight during pregnancy and that those genes, passed on to her child, contribute to his or her obesity.
More: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2008755,00.html
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I'm with madtown. Most people are easily able to overcome tendencies to become obese, as long as the environment/culture is not "pro-obesity".
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Yeah blame it on the genes and not on the overly large portions of crap Americans eat ;-) Super size me !
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genes do play a part, but then again, one's diet is really important and it affects one size quite a bit.
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anuja
16 yrs ago
thats very depressing- i did put on an excess amount of weight in my pregnancy even though i was going for pre-natal yoga daily + eating healthy..its been six months since- i have been exercising hard and am now down to the last 12 pounds (i put on around 38) -but i certainly hope i havnt passed on obesity to my kid.
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