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Covid-19 during pregnancy may increase obesity risk in children: Study

Children born to mothers who contract COVID-19 during pregnancy may be more likely to develop obesity, according to a new study. More than 100 million COVID-19 cases have been reported in the United States since 2019, and there is limited information on the long-term health effects of the infection. Pregnant women make up 9 per cent of reproductive-aged women with COVID-19, which exposes millions of babies to maternal infection during foetal development over the next five years. Our findings suggest that children exposed in utero to maternal COVID-19 have an altered growth pattern in early life that may increase their risk of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease over time, said Lindsay T Fourman, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Mass. There is still a lot of research needed to understand the effects of COVID-19 on pregnant women and their children, she said. The researchers studied 150 infants born to mothers who had COVID-19 during pregnancy and found the

Nearly one-fourth of all men and women in India are now obese: NFHS

NFHS notes steady increase in obesity among women as household wealth increases

Digital marketing of unhealthy foods, online gaming driving obesity: WHO

The global health body added that while nearly 60 per cent of adults and a third of children are overweight or obese, the last two years of Covid-19 pandemic made that worse

Avoid obesity, maintain healthy lifestyle to lower risk of knee replacement

A balanced diet can help in maintaining good metabolism in the body in patients with obesity, diabetes, and cardiac illness

Girls with obesity have increased risk of depression than peers: Research

In the current analysis, children were 14 years old on average and almost 16 percent were obese

Inactivity, poor sleep may increase genetic risk of obesity: Study

In the past, it has been difficult to measure interactions between genetic risk factors and aspects of environment