Obese Women Risk Having Children With Lower Cognitive Function, Study Claims

A large study conducted at Ohio State University recently found that women who were obese before they became pregnant were at higher risk of having children with lower cognitive function than mothers with a healthy pre-pregnancy weight.  Adjusting for all other variables, the study showed pre-pregnancy obesity was associated with a three-point reduction in reading scores and a two-point reduction in math scores on a common children’s test.

“Previous research has already indicated that obesity before and during pregnancy can have a negative effect on fetal organs, such as the heart, liver and pancreas,” say boomer generation health experts Dian Griesel, Ph.D., and Tom Griesel, authors of the new books TurboCharged: Accelerate Your Fat Burning Metabolism, Get Lean Fast and Leave Diet and Exercise Rules in the Dust (April 2011, BSH) and The TurboCharged Mind (January 2012, BSH).  “There are potential risk factors that are clearly influenced by the overall fetal environment.” 

“The Ohio State researchers did note that obesity doesn’t automatically equate to unhealthy children,” add the Griesels.  “However, women who are planning a pregnancy should ideally get themselves as healthy as possible beforehand, and this includes a healthy weight.  This is not only for their child’s benefit; it is also important for the health of the mother.  Every parent wants to have a healthy child, especially expecting mothers.  It seems like common sense that the better health and condition both parents are in at the time of conception and the better the overall health and environment of the mother during gestation, the healthier a child will be.”

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