Study is here:https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/aje/kwz118/5492130?redirectedFrom=fulltext …
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Maybe more obese women are less wealthy, and therefore their kids are exposed to more carcinogens Maybe it's a whole host of complex social factors and we just aren't sure what's going onpic.twitter.com/MscqXrIeAb
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This is the kind of study that begs for further research, because the amount you can glean from it is remarkably small
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There are already well-known risks to maternal obesity, so adding another one - especially one as small as this - isn't going to change anyone's practice
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Losing weight is almost always good for your health, particularly if your BMI is over 40 This study adds almost nothing to that statement
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(Obvious caveat - losing weight is almost always good if your BMI is elevated)
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Did they look at the child's BMI? I'm just gonna assume they didn't look at the father's
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I don't believe they did, no
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