Mother smoking easily after children grow up obese

Agence France-Presse reported that, by the Japanese professor at Yamagata University School of Medicine Yamanashi Zentaro (transliteration)-led research team surveyed about 1,400 in April 1991 to March 1997 gave birth to a child between the women and collected their children born Children 9 years old to 10 years old when the physical condition information.

The researchers found that in the first 3 months of pregnancy born to mothers who smoke risk of a child suffering from obesity are non-smokers 2.9 times the children born to pregnant women.

Yamagata Zentaro said studies showed that "even if only in early pregnancy pregnant women smoking on children's health also has long-term effects."

The study did not explain why smoking pregnant women and children linked to obesity, but the researchers speculated that smoking may lead to the nutrition of pregnant women to reduce the supply of the fetus, a child is born after efforts to "make up" for this loss.

"We do not know the real reason, but the important thing is to stop smoking," said Yamagata Zentaro.

The study results also showed that breakfast eating habits of pregnant women give birth to a child day troubles of other children the chance of obesity 2.4 times.