Smoking Around Toddlers May Raise Their Obesity Risk.

reports that a study recently published online in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research suggests that “by age 10, children exposed to secondhand smoke as toddlers tended to have wider waists and a higher body mass index (a calculation of body fat) than their non-exposed peers.” http://consumer.healthday.com/kids-health-information-23/parenting-health-news-525/smoking-around-toddlers-as-harmful-as-smoking-during-pregnancy-study-700632.html