According to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism of the World Society of Endocrinology, obese women may share the risk of the disease with their daughters, but not with their sons.

Research findings suggest that girls born to obese or high-fat mothers may be at greater risk of developing the same high levels of fat. The researchers measured fat and muscle mass in 240 children aged nine and younger, as well as their parents in early childhood. They used this data to determine if the child’s body mass index, body fat, and muscle mass were related to their parents’ scores. They found that the girls had the same body mass index and body fat as their mothers, but did not find the same relationship between boys and their mothers or boys and girls with their fathers.

However, as Rebecca Moon, one of the study’s authors, from the Medical Research Council’s (MRC) Life Path Epidemiology Center at the University of Southampton, explains, “Further research is needed to understand why this is happening, but our results show that it is getting closer to solving the mass problem.” body should be started at a very early age, especially in girls born to obese and overweight mothers.”

Almost half of adults and 20% of children in the United States are obese, and the cost of health care is estimated at $173 billion. Obese people are at greater risk of developing diabetes, high blood pressure, heart problems, and many other diseases.

Source: RES-IPE