Child Born "Caesar" Vulnerable Overweight?

Results of the study in the U.S. showed that babies born by Caesarean section two times more at risk of overweight compared to babies born naturally.

Researchers from Children's Hospital Boston in Massachusetts, found that the risk of obesity increased when the child was three years old. The team found that birth by cesarean section may affect the bacteria in the stomach, which affects the way the digestion of food.

The study involved 1255 women and children pasangn between 1992 and 2002. The mothers included in the study, published in the medical journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, before entering the period of pregnancy to 22 weeks. Their infants were measured and weighed at birth and this process is repeated when the children reach the age of three years.

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On average one in four births performed by Caesarean section and the rest with a normal delivery. The team found, the relationship between body mass, skin thickness and method of child birth. They found that mothers who gave birth by Caesarean section tend to have more weight than a normal delivery, it is known to affect obesity.

But the researchers say, other explanations are differences in the composition of the stomach bacteria obtained at birth between the two delivery methods. The researchers said that expectant mothers who choose caesarean section should be more alert to the risk of obesity for their baby.