InfiniteNothing

Infants don't sling back quarter pounders or movie popcorn. So why the 70% increase in infant Obesity. The article focuses on a possible culprit: obesogens.

Obesogens are environmental chemicals that can change undecided cells in newborns to become fat cells. This works out to be a double whammy in that more fat cells boost your fat absorption and release a hormone to tell you that you're hungry. The result is that you have to work harder at keeping fit and generally just go hungrier.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/215179

I always love science and statistics. In many ways I feel like humans are too fallible seeing patterns where there are none and succumbing to conformational bias in choosing which anecdotal evidences to hear.

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The Happy Squirrel

hehe i thought itwas jut called baby fat, now its fat baby

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Houdini

Maternal diabetes will do it.

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Nija

I'm dumb.

Is this something preventable, by eating better, exercise, etc. Or is it something that just kind of happens and she (the mom) is screwed?

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Jeffbx

Gestational diabetes is usually a surprise, IIRC. There are some factors that put you at higher risk, but sometimes surprise! there it is.