A study that appears in the medical journal Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism indicates that High birth weight girls are more likely to develop metabolic problems than men in similar conditions.
The study has related the high birth weight and the distribution of fat in early childhood with factors that predispose to obesity, cardiovascular problems, diabetes and hypertension, finding that, in girls, birth weight is a decisive factor in the development of these metabolic problems, something that was not found in boys.
Over 17 thousand Australian children were weighed, also measuring their waist circumference, their levels of good cholesterol, triglycerides and insulin.
Girls with high birth weight frequently maintained overweight in childhood and were results of the analysis clearly unfavorable at 17. However, in the case of men, high birth weight was not related to unfavorable metabolic factors.
The study is a wake-up call for pregnant women who develop obesity or diabetes in pregnancy, as these conditions are also related to high birth weight of girls, and could condition your future health by increasing the incidence of metabolic problems related to diabetes and hypertension.
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