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Study Ties Maternal Weight Gain to Child Obesity

By Katie DrummondAug 4th 2010 – 6:36PM

(Aug. 4) -- Researchers have already established that excessive maternal weight gain causes babies to be born overweight and increases their lifetime risk of obesity. But a new study has found that the connection persists even when mother and baby aren't genetically predisposed to higher body mass. Researchers at...

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