Future Obesity Risk Shown to Be Measurable in Young Children
The study identified specific behavior of their mothers around the time of birth.
Online, March 15, 2012 (Newswire.com) - A recent study from the University of Montreal suggests the risk of obesity can be predicted in children as young as three and a half. The study identified specific behavior of their mothers around the time of birth; two significant factors were the mothers' weight around the time they gave birth and whether the mother smoked. These factors were found to be much more important than any of the other criteria considered, including the child's birth weight.
The researchers pointed out that these risk factors represented an increased probability of becoming overweight, and were not to be considered direct causes.
"Both factors demonstrate a mother's poor diet and lifestyle choices," say boomer generation health experts Dian Griesel, Ph.D., and Tom Griesel, authors of the new books TurboCharged: Accelerate Your Fat Burning Metabolism, Get Lean Fast and Leave Diet and Exercise Rules in the Dust (April 2011, BSH) and The TurboCharged Mind (January 2012, BSH). "These same poor choices can be determining health factors after birth, during the child's formative years, before they learn to feed themselves. They are also learned and most likely followed by their children in the family when they start making their own choices. Family choices often result in patterns among offspring. Statistically, obese parents are more likely to raise obese children. This phenomenon is not genetic as demonstrated when comparing twins separated at birth. The most significant factor is family environment."
"The good news is that no one is doomed to obesity," adds Tom. "Proper diet and lifestyle choices have proven time and again to result in normalized body composition. People who have been overweight or obese their whole lives, have been able to reduce their excess body fat, sometimes rather quickly, by adopting a program that is congruent with the operating system of our bodies."
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