Tuesday, 7 August 2012

Infants of Obese Mothers Have Delayed Physical Growth: Study

Babies of overweight or obese mothers grow slowly, reveals study. A team led by a University of Iowa researcher compared the weight and height of babies born to overweight and obese mothers with those born to normal-weight mothers. Contrary to expectations, babies of overweight/obese mothers gained less weight and grew less in length than babies of normal-weight women from just after birth to three months, the Journal of Pediatrics reports. The ...

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