US EditionObesity more likely among children of obese mothers, study says
- On Thursday, March 27, 2025, HealthDay News reported on a study led by Glenna Nightingale, a research fellow with the University of Edinburgh, published in PLOS One on March 26, which analyzed data from nearly 11,500 children born in England, Scotland, and Wales during a single week in March 1958.
- The study examined how a mother's health and lifestyle, specifically obesity and smoking, could influence her child's likelihood of becoming obese in adulthood.
- The research indicated that children whose mothers were obese were three to four times more likely to become obese adults, and children of mothers who smoked had a 60% to 80% increased risk of adult obesity.
- Researchers concluded, "In particular, we note that the effect of maternal influences persists through to age 42 and that strikingly, those predictors were just as powerful in the era before the current obesity pandemic began,".
- The findings suggest that maternal factors have a persistent influence on their children's weight into adulthood, highlighting the need to consider societal and early-life risk factors in obesity prevention programs, and that more research is needed to fully understand early-life factors influencing obesity.
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A framework for conducting GWAS using repeated measures data with an application to childhood BMI
Genetic effects on changes in human traits over time are understudied and may have important pathophysiological impact. We propose a framework that enables data quality control, implements mixed models to evaluate trajectories of change in traits, and estimates phenotypes to identify age-varying genetic effects in GWAS. Using childhood BMI as an example trait, we included 71,336 participants from six cohorts and estimated the slope and area unde…
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Obesity More Likely Among Kids Of Obese Moms, Smokers
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Children of moms who smoked or were obese are more likely to become obese adults
A study finds that factors beyond a person's control, like socioeconomic status and whether their mom smoked or was obese, can influence whether they are overweight or obese as teenagers or adults.
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