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Article: FAT MUMS MORE LIKELY TO HAVE CHUBBY BABIES
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- October 20, 2008
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Melbourne, Oct. 20 -- (ANI): Overweight mums are more likely to have plump babies, setting them a lifetime risk of diabetes and other obesity-related illnesses, studies have shown.One study has revealed that one in three Aussie babies are at an increased risk of becoming overweight because their mothers are obese, with researchers believing that the brain's appetite controls can be set in early life."Maternal obesity and overfeeding early on in life caused significant changes in the chemicals that regulate appetite, which may suggest that the babies were programmed to eat differently from those born from lean mothers," ...