Maternal stress leads to overweight in children

(Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ) As part of the LiNA mother-child study coordinated by the UFZ, researchers were able to identify mother's perceived stress during the first year of the child's life as a risk factor for developing overweight in infancy. According to the study recently published in the BMC Public Health specialist magazine, researchers from the UFZ, the University of Bristol and the Berlin Institute of Health found this to have long-lasting effects on girls' weight development in particular.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news