New research shows that some early dangerous factors may lead to obesity of children to some extent and cause social inequality. The study was published in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood. The researchers wrote in the article that to establish policies for pregnant women to maintain a healthy lifestyle to improve maternal and child health outcomes is important. Dr. David Taylor-Robinson and colleagues from the University of Liverpool in the UK Millennium Cohort Study evaluated 11,764 cases of children aged 11 data to determine whether early life risk factors can reduce the relevance of socioeconomic status and overweight.
Researchers assessed early life risk factors associated with overweight of children, including: overweight women during pregnancy, smoking, premature birth, cesarean delivery, breastfeeding, complementary feeding too early. Maternal education levels can assess socioeconomic status. All subjects, overweight children accounted for 28.84%.
Early life risk factors which lead to the increase of relative risk (RR) of children being overweight are: low maternal education, Pakistan and Bangladesh mestizo, black people, pregnant women aged ≥35 years during childbirth, overweight women during pregnancy, maternal smoking during pregnancy, non-one-child families, neonatal weight gain, cesarean section, breastfed ≤4 months, complementary feeding newborn ≤4 months.
Compared to pregnant women with higher level of education, risk of overweight children of pregnant women with low education increased (RR = 1.72; 95% CI 1.48-2.01). After controlling early factors (overweight women during pregnancy and smoking) prenatally, the relative risk decreased to 1.44 (95% CI 1.23-2.69).
The researchers said that the establishment of a policy of promoting pregnant women to maintain a healthy weight, quit smoking during pregnancy and breastfeeding can help to improve the results of maternal and child health. In addition, it is also promising to solve the inequality of overweight children's rising overweight. The policy should emphasize the importance of promoting a healthy diet, especially in pre-pregnancy and prenatal time.
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