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Study: Moms’ Work Schedule Is Making Kids Fat
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[quote:FORK:MV8xMzUxOTM4XzIyMjg3NzQ2X0Y2NzFERTZC] From TIME: Are Working Moms to Blame for Childhood Obesity? Moms, prepare to feel guilty, but only just slightly: There's new data out there that link the more years you spend in the workforce with chubbier children.Researchers looked at body-mass index (BMI), which is a measure of weight-for-height, and found that the more years a woman spends at work after her child's birth, the more that child's BMI rises. Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/02/04/are-working-moms-to-blame-for-childhood-obesity/#ixzz1D69ncEtO [/quote]
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Childhood obesity has been steadily rising in the U.S. in the past 30 years, and a new study from American University in Washington, D.C. has found that a child’s weight may depend on how much their mothers were away at work growing up.
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