A study involving 41,133 mothers and their children in Arkansas has shown that high pregnancy weight gain increases the risk of obesity in those children through age 12. The findings, published Oct. 1 in iPLoS Medicine/i, suggest pregnancy may be a very important time to prevent obesity in the next generation. "From the public health perspective, excessive weight gain during pregnancy may have a potentially significant influence on propagation of the obesity ...You have just read an article categorized health
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