Parents Cause Obesity!

Not that long ago people who became obese were thought to be victims of bad genes, which caused them to pack on the pounds. But a recent scientific discovery suggests destiny may be reversed through good nutrition in early childhood. The scientists from a University in New Zealand the Liggins Institute and their colleagues in the United Kingdom are examining how a mother's diet in pregnancy can determine if a baby will become obese in adulthood and suffer heart disease and diabetes. The Government is deeply concerned about the UK's rapidly rising rate of obesity and the predicted increase in diabetes that this will fuel. More than 30 per cent of adults are obese, double the rate 30 years ago, and a further 45 per cent are overweight. The

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