From USA TODAY:
Women who gain a lot of weight during pregnancy are more likely to have high-birth-weight babies, which may increase the children’s risk of becoming obese later in life, a new study suggests.
The findings add to growing evidence of the importance of appropriate weight gain during pregnancy.
For several decades, researchers have observed that a high birth weight increases the risk that a child will gain too much weight later in life. Some studies of animals suggest excess calories affect the fetus, including the fat tissue and the organs that regulate body weight…
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