There are several theories that point out that obesity is programmed since the baby is inside the mother's womb. Certain conditions such as stress or poor breastfeeding predispose the cells of babies in formation to be obese from the womb.
According to José María Ordovás, director of the Laboratory of Nutrition and Genetics at the University of Tufts (Boston, United States), faced with nutritional deficiencies in the mother, the baby prepares for the shortage and this can turn it into an obese future, which at In turn, it is prone to other diseases derived from such obesity, such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
One of the keys to stop obesity in time is, experts say, to make a more exhaustive monitoring of the diet during pregnancy and pay more attention to the nutritional health of the pregnant woman. In this way, deficiencies that result in a greater predisposition to obesity in the baby could be prevented.
A balanced diet in pregnancy and good nutritional education since the child is born are the basis to prevent childhood obesity, a disease that has already been described as a pandemic, and without a doubt the most worrisome today.
While Obese children may come scheduled from the womb, good habits in childhood are essential to reverse this predisposition. Correct food education has the power to keep the obesity gene under control and prevent it from expressing itself.
