Posted on 07/07/2004 12:56:44 AM PDT by neverdem
Kids Born to Obese Women Are More Likely to Be Overweight
Associated Press
CHICAGO, July 5 -- Children born to obese women are more than twice as likely to be overweight by age 4, according to a new study that indicates prevention efforts should begin at -- or even before -- birth.
Although obesity is known to run in families, the study appears to be the first to follow children from birth until preschool to see how early the problem develops, said the study's author, Robert C. Whitaker, a pediatrician at Princeton, N.J.-based Mathematica Policy Research.
The study of 8,494 low-income women found that by age 4, 24 percent of children were obese if their mothers had been obese during the first trimester of pregnancy, compared with 9 percent of children whose mothers had been of normal weight.
After the researchers took into account such factors as birth weight and the mothers' race, education level and smoking during pregnancy, children with obese mothers were found to be twice as likely to be obese at age 2 and 2.3 times as likely at 4.
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This article is the definition of "DUH"!
It still doesn't matter to me whether I *think* the girl I'm dating is going to be slim and attractive in 20 years, I look at her MOMMA!
If momma's still a slim and handsome woman, I begin to think about further possible developements in the relationship.
If momma's rapidly closing in on, or well past 200 lbs, I'm kinda leery.
Call me shallow, but I try (successfully, but for one excursion of 14 lbs several years ago) to keep within a certain weight range. I expect no less from those who may wish to keep intimate company with me.
A fat momma usually means a fat daughter down the road. Truth is truth, and the exceptions prove the rule
This is definitely a DUH.. study..
the bad news is that an old study showed kids of obese parents who are adopted at birth by thin families are still obese.
It's genetic...the latest name for this is metabolic syndrome...
Many BBW women make great wives. I advise you to look for things other than weight in choosing a mate.
BBW=Big Beautiful Women.
Having said that, No ,my wife isnt heavy. But my daughter is. She inherited it from her Grandmother on my side, So your theory is full of crap. My daughter is still a good mother and a good wife to her husband.
As for the article I think its wasted study we could have all told them the answer before the study was made. Of course although genetics make you queer we know that genetics dosnt control your size , dont we?<<sarcasm.
Okay, you're shallow. If you put it this way, though, you're not: I would not want to marry a man who was obese simply because of health reasons. If I am going to spend the rest of my life with someone, I would hope for that to be a longer, rather than shorter, number of years and that he would be able to enjoy life and be fit enough to be very active for a long time. To me that is a valid reason. Of course falling in love is not always reasonable.
I heard boys say that all the time in the south, the thing about 'If you want to know what will be in 25 years, look at their momma."
Tell me. I have an 11 year old closing in on 200. My doctor tells me that there is nothing we can do. It is interesting that in many ways she looks like a cortisol kid. but the tests all come out negative, blood and urine.
It's shallow...but true to an extent.
Obviously, not all daughters of heavy women stuggle with their weight, but in my experience most do to some degree. That does NOT mean that a woman cannot do her best to stay at a healthy weight, despite genetics.
I thank my lucky stars that my fiance doesn't mind the 15 extra pounds I'm carrying around. He loves me regardless, but I will never, ever let myself go - it's not fair to him to have a fat wife.
Double-duh. A fat mother really has no perspective on portion control. Because she eats a huge portion, she thinks her baby will starve if fed a normal one. Because she eats too many snacks, she feeds her children too much.
I'd get a second opinion. There's got to be something they can do ... your child may never be "society" thin (nor should that be a goal!), but that kind of weight is a one-way ticket to diabetes.
I know that it is a ticket to diabetes. But my primary says that there is no evidence that there is any other sort of option at this time.
How utterly heartbreaking for you both! Your family is in my prayers. I just don't know what else to say.
There isn't a thin woman in my entire extended family (genetically related to me, I mean)!
My older son has always tended to be slightly underweight. He's 12 now and has gained quite a bit in the last year, has grown a lot too. I worry a little because his belly is soft and a little pudgy looking. He has a check up in a few weeks and I'm anxious to see where his weight falls. My younger son is much stockier, but his weight has always been good.
It looks like maybe they inherited my husband's genetics.
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