No one is surprised when the child of an overweight mother becomes overweight or even obese. But scientists at two ARS-funded nutrition research centers are taking a new and closer look at how influences occurring in the womb and perhaps during the first few months of life might affect development of the child's ability to regulate his or her weight. The child's body-weight-regulating mechanisms might in fact be harmed during those times by the mother's own overweight.
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