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More Babies Face Health Risks Due to Obese Parents, Experts Warn

  • October 17, 2016

A growing number of babies worldwide are at risk of brain damage or having a stroke, heart attack or asthma in adulthood because their mother was obese, The Guardian reports. The information comes from four studies published in the journal Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, and it’s so disturbing that researchers say urgent action is needed to ensure women are a normal weight before they conceive. This shocking news reiterates some things I’ve talked about in the past: that...