Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Study: overweight mom = hyperactive child

A Scandinavian study has found that if a woman is overweight when she becomes pregnant, the probability is much greater that her child will evince ADHD-like symptoms when he/she reaches school age.
But why? Theories include the higher instance of complications in overweight pregnant women, stress hormones stored in body fat, or a genetic connection.

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