Babies born by caesarean section likely to struggle with being overweight in the future, experts warn.

The largest study of its kind found that the risk of being overweight or obese is 25 percent higher in those who were born by caesarean section compared to those who were born by vaginal delivery.. An analysis of data on 150,000 births on four continents was done by researchers from Imperial College London, according to Pannochka, an online publication for girls and women aged 14 to 35.. net They analyzed data from 15 studies conducted in ten different countries. The bottom line is: Babies born by caesarean are 26 percent more likely to be overweight and 22 percent more obese.. In this regard, medical professionals are concerned that the number of births by caesarean section has doubled over the past 30 years..

Physicians blame a number of factors for this "

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