HolisticGirl
Arnold
Lara MPregnant Mothers Junk
August 22nd 2007 07:33
A strange new study suggests that over eating and junk food addiction could have foetal origins. The study, published in the British Journal of Nutrition involved feeding pregnant rats different diets and monitoring the effect this had on the children’s eating habits. Unexpectedly, the young rats whose mothers had been fed junk food had a greater tendency towards it and over eating in general.
I had always assumed that traits such as these were passed on through environmental habit in a child’s formative years, but this frightening research suggests that a child’s eating habits may be influenced even earlier, in the womb.
However, there is probably still a considerable amount of research to be done if the findings of this study are to be supported. Though rats’ appetites are considered comparable to humans, further study applicable to human mothers and children would still be necessary before conclusive evidence is formed.
An interesting titbit, nonetheless.
REF: Really Long Link
I had always assumed that traits such as these were passed on through environmental habit in a child’s formative years, but this frightening research suggests that a child’s eating habits may be influenced even earlier, in the womb.
However, there is probably still a considerable amount of research to be done if the findings of this study are to be supported. Though rats’ appetites are considered comparable to humans, further study applicable to human mothers and children would still be necessary before conclusive evidence is formed.
An interesting titbit, nonetheless.
REF: Really Long Link
http://www.sxc.hu/photo/149775
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