Health Line – Staff Writer
The harmful effects that obesity can have on children’s health are well known. An ongoing State University of New York at Buffalo study recently published in the journal Obesity is one of the first to explore how mother-infant interaction during feeding and active play influences infant and child obesity. Researchers wanted to find out if parenting style could reduce the risk of obesity in children already at risk due to prenatal exposure to harmful substances. They found that that mothers who showed less emotional warmth during non-feeding-related interactions, like active play when the child was 7 months old, had children who gained excess weight the fastest.
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/7-simple-ways-parents-can-cut-down-on-childs-obesity-risk