Babies born to obese women via Caesarean-section (C-section) may be at five times greater risk of turning out overweight by the age of three, a study has found.<\/p>\n
A gut bacteria called Lachnospiracae may also be partially blamed for the weight gain in these adolescents, the study said. The community of micro-organisms or bacteria that live in the digestive tracts of babies are influenced by the type of delivery the mother goes through, the findings showed.<\/p>\n
While the the risk of obesity in her child increases three times when the overweight woman delivers vaginally; the risk gets five fold the normal when she delivers via C-section, the researchers stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know that maternal overweight is linked to overweight in children,\u201d said Anita Kozyrskyj, researcher at the University of Alberta in Canada.<\/p>\n
\u201cGiven that infant overweight and obesity are a major public health problem, our results reinforce increasing concerns over rising caesarean deliveries and affirm the role of the gut microbiota as a \u201csuper organ\u201d with diverse roles in health and disease,\u201d Kozyrskyj said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat our study showed is that both type of delivery and changes in gut bacteria are involved in obesity risk,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
For the study, published in the journal JAMA PEDIATRICS, the researchers investigated 930 mothers and their infants.<\/p>\n
DNA sequencing techniques performed in the laboratories provided information on the types and quantity of bacteria present in the infants\u2019 stool.<\/p>\n
They found that an abundance of Lachnospiracae does influence the relationship between maternal weight and child weight following vaginal and caesarean birth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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