Lola already brought us some time ago a study suggested that babies have a preference for certain foods even before birth, since in utero maternal become accustomed to the flavors of what they eat and mothers who come through the amniotic fluid .
Of course, this also implies a taste for eating less healthy, if the mother is accustomed to it, which may influence a future obesity in children. On this occasion, a study published in the British Journal of Nutrition says that the bad nutritional habits of small can be influenced by what they ate their mothers during pregnancy.
Just as mothers who eat unhealthy foods such as breast feed may adversely affect the weight of their children. The study was conducted with rats to be provided? Junk food? But researchers believe that the results can be applied equally to humans. According to the director of the study, Stephanie Bayol,
? consume large quantities of junk food during pregnancy and lactation can affect the normal control appetite and promote an excessive fondness for that kind of food on the children?.
Rats to be administered a diet rich in chips, fat, salt and sugar during those phases for brood abused also unhealthy foods. The offspring of these mothers were born with a weight below average, but after 10 weeks after weaning, their body mass was significantly higher than normal.
So, just in case, remember the importance of a healthy, balanced diet, especially during pregnancy. We are looking for the health of babies.
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