A recent study found that children born by cesearean section are twice as likely to be obese in childhood.
The study from 1999-2005 involved 1,255 pairs of mothers and children. The mothers joined the study before 22 weeks of pregnancy.
The babies were measured and weighed at birth and at 3 years of age.
One in four of the deliveries were by cesearean section.
The study also fund that mothers delivered by cesearean tended to weigh more that those delivered vaginally.
Click here to read more about the study.
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