With a cesarean section, the path to obesity may begin at birth

Tuesday, September 6, 2016 - 11:01 in Health & Medicine

Your very first moments of life can influence your risk of obesity for years, a new study shows. Babies delivered via cesarean section were 15% more likely to be obese as kids, teens and young adults than were babies who made the trip through the birth canal, according to the report in JAMA Pediatrics....

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