Sentences with phrase «obese children gain»

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Weight gain early on increases the risk of becoming overweight later in childhood and, like adults, obese children can suffer more health problems.

«Babies born big more likely to become obese as children, study finds: By identifying at - risk infants early, doctors could work with parents to prevent weight gain.»

«Pregnancy weight gain tilts scales for child becoming obese.»

A woman being obese (BMI of 30.0 or higher) prior to getting pregnant increased the odds of her child being overweight at age 2 by more than two-fold compared to women who had a normal pre-pregnancy weight (BMI between 18.5 and 25), after adjusting for weight gain during pregnancy, gestational diabetes and breastfeeding.

Obesity is a global epidemic and the evidence is clear: if a mother is obese or gains too much weight during pregnancy chances are the child will be at higher risk of being obese throughout its life.

Children of these families tend to be extremely obese, and there has actually been studies showing that if these children are treated with leptin or injected with leptin chronically over time, this resolves and significantly reduces the weight gain, and they become leaner and this prevents other complications such as diabetes that can Children of these families tend to be extremely obese, and there has actually been studies showing that if these children are treated with leptin or injected with leptin chronically over time, this resolves and significantly reduces the weight gain, and they become leaner and this prevents other complications such as diabetes that can children are treated with leptin or injected with leptin chronically over time, this resolves and significantly reduces the weight gain, and they become leaner and this prevents other complications such as diabetes that can develop.

Regarding the child, the importance of the intrauterine and early postnatal environments for metabolic programming and modifications of the epigenome is increasingly recognised, 12 — 14 particularly for metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes.15 Thus, GDM is related to macrosomia at birth (> 4 kg), to excess body fat and (central) obesity and to insulin secretion in infants and children, the obesity being in part mediated by maternal body mass index (BMI) or birth weight.16 — 23 Intrauterine exposure to GDM also doubles the risk for subsequent type 2 diabetes in offspring compared with offspring of mothers with a high genetic predisposition for type 2 diabetes, but with normal glucose tolerance during the index pregnancy.24 Maternal prepregnancy overweight and excessive gestational weight gain also predict high birth weight and adiposity during infancy.12 25 This is highly relevant, as up to 60 % — 70 % of women with GDM are overweight or obese before pregnancy.26 Finally, maternal lifestyle behaviour such as a high fat diet or lack of physical activity during pregnancy can influence offspring adiposity independent of maternal obesity.12 27

These adults who had been told by their parents to diet grew up with a higher risk of being overweight or obese, demonstrated abnormal eating behaviors, had less satisfaction with their bodies, and in turn pushed their children to also diet, extending the cycle of eating and weight - gain behaviors into a subsequent generation.