Will the child fully depends on mother

Those suffering from overweight mothers often give birth to fat children. Such a conclusion was made by scientists from the UK, monitor inventory levels of fat in unborn babies.

As established experts from Imperial College London, some babies in the womb is already formed a layer of subcutaneous fat in the abdominal area which most people develop only after 50 years. The scientists used MRI to track the link between obesity and expectant mothers   overweight   their children. The study was conducted in maternity hospitals in Chelsea and Westminster to the west of London.

Found evidence that the presence of overweight or obesity in women during pregnancy   It may lead to potentially dangerous changes in the level of fat her baby still in the womb. The group of pregnant women with overweight, overseen by scientists, almost one third of children born with more fat than expected. From a total of 105 infants (54 boys and 51 girls) from 31 found significantly higher than normal levels of fatty tissue around the abdomen.

As a rule, the newborn has about 700 g of fatty tissue, but with each new item of body mass index from their mothers, exceeds the norm, the amount of adipose tissue the baby grew, on average, 7 g with a significant accumulation of fat around the liver were recorded newborns .

According to the researchers, all the women who are planning to have a child should know what risks they are subjected to the future baby, if there are any problems with excess weight during pregnancy .

Pregnancy and Gynecology

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