Elevated Maternal Blood Pressure During Pregnancy May Raise Children’s Risk For Childhood Obesity

reports that when women have “elevated blood pressure during pregnancy, it may raise their children’s risk of developing childhood obesity,” researchers concluded in a study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Included in the study were “88,406 mother-child pairs.” https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/high-blood-pressure-pregnancy-linked-increased-risk-offspring-obesity/