Breastfeeding is important to the health and wellbeing of all babies and parents but can be particularly important
for obese mothers.
The study, published online last week in the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, is the first to demonstrate that PQQ can protect offspring of
obese mothers from acceleration of obesity - induced liver disease.
When I first saw the article from Manchester University, Research reveals
why obese mothers less likely to breastfeed, I thought it would be about insulin resistance.
Even with the
most obese mothers, the risk of infants having a low Apgar score at five minutes was still only 0.24 percent, or less than three babies out of every 1,000.
I didn't think the effects of fat - shaming and body - shaming could be any more awful and harmful than they already are until I recently read this study
about obese mothers.
Children born to
obese mothers arrive already predisposed to obesity and other health problems themselves.
It is indeed the case that
obese mothers tend to have children who are obesity - prone, and it is suspected that epigenetics may be responsible for this «inherited» obesity.
Jonscher said it could possibly be used as a prenatal or lactation supplement to protect children of
obese mothers from developing liver and cardiovascular disease in adulthood, but cautioned that pregnant women should always consult their doctor before taking any supplement.
Our pediatrician in the US said that in a bed with sufficient room for mother and baby, the only risk is
with obese mothers.
As a result, he elevates DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen and newcomer Darlene Carter (as the Grape's
morbidly obese mother) to new heights, while turning in a subtle, layered performance of a young man trapped in a one - horse town by his dysfunctional family.
«There is growing evidence that offspring
of obese mothers are at high risk for excessive weight in childhood,» said Dr. Catalano.
The study suggests that
obese mothers are less likely to persist in reaching their breastfeeding goals and the reason will enrage you:
Obese mothers have their own unique challenges in meeting their breastfeeding goals.
Obese mothers are more likely to have postpartum depression [18]; depressed mothers are less likely to continue breastfeeding than non-depressed mothers [75].
Breast milk of overweight and
obese mothers was found to contain lesser count of bacterial species.
Although being born to
an obese mother though C - section is a factor for determining what causes obesity in offspring, it is not the sole defining factor.
The study suggests that
obese mothers are less likely to persist in reaching their breastfeeding goals...
Babies born to
obese mothers have shorter telomeres - equivalent to up to 10 years» extra ageing - which may put them at risk of diabetes and heart disease
The implications of obesity have also been a topic of interest, including studies of a potential link to autism for children born to diabetic and
obese mothers and other research that indicates obesity as a possible risk factor for cognitive decline.
They found that although mothers with normal weight gave birth to the majority of infants with the lowest Apgar scores (a measure of oxygen deficit at birth), the proportion of low Apgar scores was greater in babies of overweight and
obese mothers.
These findings could have implications for people who are not obese themselves but who had
obese mothers.
«If human offspring from
obese mothers have a similar risk for developing fibrosis as we see in mice, we may be able to predict who is going to develop more serious disease,» said Thompson.
«It is possible that the effect of maternal obesity, another known risk factor of childhood asthma onset, may be so strong that it was difficult to determine additional effects of air pollution among children born to
obese mothers in this setting.».
Girls born to
obese mothers were 40 percent more likely to develop breasts early, the findings showed.
The women in group 1 had above - average birth weight and were born to
obese mothers.
If low - carb diets have indeed become popular among
the obese mothers of Southampton UK, then this is a possibility that must be considered.
Ashamed but protective of
his obese mother, fearful of his scathing grandmother, and always running from bullies (including his pseudo-evangelical stepfather), he needed a miracle to set him free.