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Stress-causing circumstances in parents may affect child health
27 May 2021
Children gain more weight between five and 14 years old if their father is stressed, suggesting stress-causing circumstances in parents might affect child health, finds research led by PhD Student Kristiane Tommerup (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health).
Babies who grow up with stressed parents are more likely to become obese children, a study suggests.Children put on more weight between the ages of five and 14 if their father suffered from anxiety after they were born. Girls’ weight also appeared to be affected by their mother’s worries but this had no impact on boys.