Tracing the Roots of Children's Obesity

As the years went by, more and more children are becoming obese compared 20 years ago. Society tells us that this is mainly because of the high technology equipments available at our homes, which result to lack of physical activity of the children. Indoor Equipments such as television, computers, or playstation prevents the children from engaging at different outdoor activities.

Recent studies have shown that pregnant women who have high fat diet during their pregnancy transmit their genes to their babies which increases the tendency of having an obese baby or child when he / she grows up.

According to Science Daily, "We found that there were genes that were differentially regulated in the livers of the offspring whose mothers had a high fat diet, and that these changes were associated with histone alterations," she said. "The genes affected were not always those associated with obesity."

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