Cesarean section and antibiotics - the causes of childhood obesity

The use of antibiotics in during pregnancy, as well as scheduled and emergency cesarean section may considered potential causes of childhood obesity. This conclusion American scientists from Columbia University.

Antibiotics and pregnancy

US researchers have identified two possible causes childhood obesity : this antibiotics   during pregnancy and cesarean section . Published in the journal International Journal of Obesity Study It shows that exposed antibiotics womb children significantly more likely to become victims of obesity to seven years.

The study's authors say, for the first time managed to study the effect of admission antibiotics   during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy on the weight unborn child. Previously, scientists have proved that prescribed for children in the first two year of life increases the probability of the development of antibiotics childhood obesity . In addition, the study, researchers found that routine and emergency Cesarean cross-section   It is also associated with an increased risk of obesity in children.

Antibiotics affect germs in the body and can get into the bloodstream of the fetus through placenta as the researchers note. Naturally the bacteria living in the gut help maintain health, and any imbalance in their populations can cause irregularities in the transfer of bacteria from mother to child, which increases the likelihood of variety of disorders, including obesity.

what As for Caesarean section, the children born after 46% more face obesity. As in the case of antibiotics, as a result of childbirth Caesarean section may disrupt the normal and healthy transmission of the bacteria from mother to child, which happens during the traditional vaginal birth. That is why the authors of the study call for reducing the number of planned caesarean sections that are not held for medical reasons. (READ MORE)

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