Saturday, 25 May 2013

Childhood Obesity Linked to Birth by C-Sections

Babies who are born through caesarean section were more likely to become obese by the time they are teenagers compared to babies being delivered vaginally, a new study revealed. Researchers at New York University School of Medicine observed over 10,000 infants in the UK who were born between 1991 and 1992 and found that by the time they turned 11 years old, those who were delivered through a C-section were 83 percent more likely to be obese than those delivered naturally. ...

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