Mothers’ excess pregnancy weight gain, elevated blood sugar ‘imprint’ obesity in children

Friday, May 6, 2016 - 08:31 in Health & Medicine

Children whose mothers gain excess weight or have elevated blood sugar during their pregnancies are more likely to become overweight or obese during their first decade of life, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published today in Maternal and Child Health Journal. The study, which followed more than 24,000 mothers and their children over […]

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