How to Program Your Child’s Brain for Obesity

Is it different metabolic activity, environment, behavior, genetics? The connection between a mother and their child’s obesity is an active area of research. New findings shed light on how receiving too much nutrition early in life primes the brain for adult obesity.

Children of obese women are more likely to develop obesity and type 2 diabetes during adulthood. According to a 2019 PLoS Medicine study, if a mother is obese before conception the odds their child will be obese increased by over 250%.

Overnutrition is the opposite of malnutrition but…