Children with obese parents can possibly experience developmental delays, according to the latest research of National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Fox News reported that in the study published in Pediatrics, researchers found that children with obese parents can experience issues with motor skills and might have social interaction incompetence. Those children with obese parents might fail at solving problems.

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Statistics reveal that one out of five pregnant women is obese or overweight. Such issue is troubling and the latest finding is linked to neurodevelopmental as well as psychiatric disorders and high risk of autism for children.

Dr. Edwina Yeung, NIH epidemiologist and lead author of the research, shared to the Huffington Post through email, "We found associations between parents' weights and children's chances of failing any of a number of domains on a developmental screen."

She said that the screen is a tool used by physicians in order to ensure that the development of kids could be tracked down and recorded. According to her, those kids who failed the domain on screen will be referred to a further testing and for probable intervention services.

The group of researchers collected important information from parents. They also recorded the parents' lifestyle as well as health status including their body mass index during and after pregnancy.

Obese pregnant mothers with obese partners are most likely smokers, diabetic, or hypertensive, and they are less likely to take supplements or multivitamins, which can affect the baby's health inside the mother's womb.

Yeung further said about the current theory that the inflammation found in obese mothers could greatly affect the neurological development of the baby. "Regarding obesity's potential influence from paternal contribution, the thinking is that obesity either changes genes directly, or brings about epigenetic changes - changes in the gene's functioning, but not to the gene itself," Yeung added.

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