Overweight women have smaller children

Pregnant women who are overweight or obese can encounter a host of health complications. The added weight also appears to affect how their children grow and develop, at least initially.

In a recent study published in the Journal of Paediatrics, it’s reported that babies of overweight/obese mothers gained less weight and grew less in length than babies of normal-weight women from just after birth to three months. The overweight/ obese mother babies also gained less fat mass comparatively. Fat mass in infants is widely considered to be crucial to brain growth and development. The findings emphasise need of addressing the risk of obesity among would-be mothers.