Researchers in the US and Canada are finding potential links to a child’s future obesity and the weight of their mother at conception, but more research is required. On a base level, it sounds reasonable that an obese expectant mother may pass some gene or chemical on to her unborn child, leaving the child with a similar proclivity towards obesity. But scientists are interested in finding provable links between a mother and child’s obesity, links that, with further research, could yield a hea
