Bonn Researchers Find New Causes of Obesity

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According to the University of Bonn, children of overweight mothers often develop metabolic disorders themselves, even if they eat healthy food.

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As adults, children of overweight mothers often develop obesity and metabolic diseases like a fatty liver – even if they eat healthy. A new study now shows a mechanism in mice, which could also occur in humans and explain this phenomenon. Thus, metabolic products of obese mothers take part in the liver development of the [...] The article Why children of overweight mothers often become fat and sick first appeared on wissenschaft.de.

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Misstarting life: Children of overweight mothers often develop metabolic diseases themselves – now it could be clear why. Researchers have found out that certain immune cells in the embryo's liver are reprogrammed in obese pregnant mice in such a way that their metabolism changes in the long term. The same could also happen in humans and explain why children of overweight mothers often develop a fatty liver despite a healthy diet, as reported by…