Habits Of Mothers Make “Powerful Difference” In Their Children’s Propensity To Become Obese,

reports a new study published in BMJ found that “the paths that moms walk (or the couches they sit and smoke on) make a powerful difference in their children’s propensity to become obese.” According to the article, the study “tracked close to 17,000 female nurses and their 24,289 kids and found that women who practiced five healthy habits – maintaining a healthy weight, exercising regularly, eating a nutritious diet, consuming no more than moderate quantities of alcohol and not smoking cigarettes – had adolescents that were 75% less likely to be very overweight than the children of moms who practiced none of those healthy habits. http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-mothers-children-health-20180705-story.html