A 2010 study looking into how poor maternal nutrition and obesity affects subsequent generations concluded, “Poor in utero nutrition may be a major contributor to the current cycle of obesity.”33 The article shows that children born to overweight mothers are epigenetically programmed to build adipose tissue in unhealthy amounts. This suggests that millions of malnourished moms are, unbeknownst to them, programming their children for a lifetime of being overweight, and that this predisposition for putting on the pounds can be passed down to that child’s children as well.
