Increased body weight of a newborn baby is often a cause of obesity in adulthood. Besides becoming overweight the adolescent can also get asthma. Another problem of increased foetal weight is complications at delivery. The baby is bigger and has more difficulties coming out of the mother, which can also cause her injury, for example tears. Development of increased bodyweight in newborn babies is linked to the GCK and TCF7L2 genes, where polymorphism occurs, which also influences the development the type 2 diabetes. Recognising the factors responsible for increased bodyweight of newborn babies can help prevent it, which is beneficial to the delivery itself and the child’s health in its later stages of development.
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