What causes overweight babies?
Though the new study didn’t look into what potentially caused the increase in the percentages of overweight babies, Gillman pointed to previous studies that have connected increased birth weights to gestational diabetes, a mother’s excess weight gain during pregnancy and a mother’s own high weight before pregnancy. Dr. Laura Riley, a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston who was not affiliated with the study, said she hoped it would give doctors more ammunition in the push to get mothers to make healthier choices before, during and immediately after pregnancy. “Pregnant women need to be much more aware of what the implications are of what they do,” she said. “Yeah, it’s cute to be a nice, healthy, chubby baby, but the question is whether there’s a point when it’s really over the top.” ‘Super-sized’ food, ‘super-sized’ children Sara Keng, 29, a mother of three from Woonsocket, R.I., said she wasn’t surprised by the study’s results. She blame
