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Babies to be given diet drug in the womb to stop them being born overweight in trial described as ‘disturbing’ by weight loss groups.
One hundred obese mums-to-be will be given Metformin as part of a three-year study to tackle obesity rates and reduce the number of difficult births.
Patients at Liverpool Women's Hospital will be given the drug to reduce the food supply to their unborn babies, although it will not help the mums themselves to lose weight.
Originally posted by GoldenVoyager
When will the madness end?
How about we teach parents about nutrition? Teach kids in school about nutrition? Promote exercise?
It's really not that complicated. Eat well, exericse and you should be in good shape, literally.
Originally posted by Deebo
Originally posted by GoldenVoyager
When will the madness end?
How about we teach parents about nutrition? Teach kids in school about nutrition? Promote exercise?
It's really not that complicated. Eat well, exericse and you should be in good shape, literally.
I agree.. But the exercise is a lil tough these days in schools.. They can't even play tag (assault) or dodge ball (assault with a weapon) anymore.. Lil Johnny might get a boo boo.. Reminds me of the silly helmets people wear these days when riding a bike.
Deeboedit on 12-5-2011 by Deebo because: fix
Originally posted by seeker11
I wouldn't even want to have a kid if I was extremely obese. I would feel it highly irresponsible to bring a child into the world at a disadvantage in terms of health. When I was pregnant I exercised up until 8 months and ate as healthy as I could, kind of gave into all my cravings at 9 months, but regardless the most important thing on my mind was the health of my little boy. And giving him the best possible start in life that I could.edit on 12-5-2011 by seeker11 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by GoldenVoyager
When will the madness end?
How about we teach parents about nutrition? Teach kids in school about nutrition? Promote exercise?
It's really not that complicated. Eat well, exericse and you should be in good shape, literally.
Originally posted by TheOneElectric
Has the west forgotten how to exercise?
Haha, how pathetic.
Originally posted by RUSSO
Originally posted by seeker11
I wouldn't even want to have a kid if I was extremely obese. I would feel it highly irresponsible to bring a child into the world at a disadvantage in terms of health. When I was pregnant I exercised up until 8 months and ate as healthy as I could, kind of gave into all my cravings at 9 months, but regardless the most important thing on my mind was the health of my little boy. And giving him the best possible start in life that I could.edit on 12-5-2011 by seeker11 because: (no reason given)
Do you believe in this? Parents drugging babies in the womb because they are too stupid or too lazy?
Originally posted by GoldenVoyager
When will the madness end?
How about we teach parents about nutrition? Teach kids in school about nutrition? Promote exercise?
It's really not that complicated. Eat well, exericse and you should be in good shape, literally.
Just unbelievable.
A study to be published in the Journal of Diabetes shows the effect a pregnant mother's diet has on her child's future development.
It's thought that a growing baby attempts to predict the environment it will be born into. To do this it takes cues from its mother and adjusts its DNA from there. This phenomenon, in which diet changes the function of genes, is called an epigenetic change.
The study found that mothers with early pregnancy diets low in carbs, such as sugars and starch, had children with "epigenetic markers", which were linked to the child's obesity at ages six and nine.
Professor Mark Hanson, of the British Heart Foundation, said: "This study provides compelling evidence that epigenetic changes, at least in part, explain the link between a poor start to life and later disease risk. It strengthens the case for all women of reproductive age having greater access to nutritional, education and lifestyle support to improve the health of the next generation, and to reduce the risk of the conditions such as diabetes and heart disease, which often follow obesity."
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