| A study published in American Journal of Clinical | | | | added Berkowitz. According to his study, one-third of |
| Nutrition claims that the doctors start giving attention to | | | | the children of over-weight women gained weight |
| the children of overweight parents very early- by the | | | | quickly after turning 3. Of the 37 children of healthy |
| age of 4 at the latest. "We found dramatic increase in | | | | weight women, only one became overweight. Now, all |
| body fat between ages three and six", said Dr Robert | | | | those overweight women, you have one great reason |
| Berkowitz, who led the study. He was also quoted | | | | to lose weight and be healthy!Berkowitz said certain |
| saying " We should be doing prevention and treatment | | | | children must carry a combination of genes that make |
| programs at a much earlier age. Everyone knows | | | | them much more vulnerable to what he calls the 'toxic' |
| how difficult it is to take weight off once you are | | | | western environment, where it is difficult to exercise |
| overweight." As per the US researchers, children of | | | | and food abounds. He doesn't blame diet to be the |
| overweight mothers are 15 times more likely to be | | | | only factor for obesity. "It doesn't appear to be the |
| obese by the age of 6 than the children of lean | | | | factor entirely because we know there are plenty of |
| mothers.His team is now working on the eating and | | | | lean people who eat hamburgers.", he said. " The lean |
| exercise habits of the families they studied but said | | | | group stays lean but this high risk group really takes |
| genes undoubtly play an important role as per other | | | | off."Results and studies at US Centre for Disease |
| studies which cant be ignored and the biggest | | | | Control and Prevention says 15% of U.S. children are |
| evidence is the dramatic spike in weight between ages | | | | overweight and more than 60% of adults are |
| 3 and 6." this suggests that some genes controlling | | | | overweight or obese. Now that's a tummy full statistics |
| body weight may become active during this period", | | | | for you! |