Fat Mothers cause
Problems for Daughters
Jun 24, 2005
An Australian study finds the daughters of women who
were obese during pregnancy
are more likely to have problems conceiving themselves.
A team led by Dr. Michael Davies of the Research Center
in Reproductive Health at the University of Adelaide
interviewed 544 women born in 1973 and 1974 and checked
their medical records and those of their mothers, the
BBC reports. Women with irregular periods were more
likely to have been large babies and to have been born
to mothers who were severely overweight.
Davies said that the rise in obesity in most industrialized
countries makes their findings critical.
"We may reasonably expect an epidemic of menstrual
and fertility diseases as a consequence," he said.
The study was reported at the European Society for Human
Reproduction and Embryology conference in Denmark
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com
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