Thursday 13 October 2016

More babies face health risks due to obese parents, experts warn

More babies face health risks due to obese parents, experts warn Doctors say increasing number of babies worldwide face serious problems, such as brain damage, strokes and heart disease

A growing number of babies worldwide are at risk of brain damage or having a stroke, heart attack or asthma in adulthood because their mother was obese, health experts have warned.

Leading doctors said dangerously overweight mothers were passing on obesity to their children as the result of “a vicious cycle” in which excess weight can seriously affect the health of parents and their offspring. Continue reading... The Guardian

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