A new animal study has suggested that expecting women, who gorge on too much junk food, can produce future junk food addicts. The new research shows that eating a junk-food diet during pregnancy changes the development of the opioid signalling pathway in the baby's brain and permanently alters the way this system operates after birth. Opioids are chemicals, which are released when we eat foods that are high in fat and sugar, and that are responsible ...Saturday, 3 August 2013
Eating Junk Food During Pregnancy Could Predispose Offspring to be Obese
A new animal study has suggested that expecting women, who gorge on too much junk food, can produce future junk food addicts. The new research shows that eating a junk-food diet during pregnancy changes the development of the opioid signalling pathway in the baby's brain and permanently alters the way this system operates after birth. Opioids are chemicals, which are released when we eat foods that are high in fat and sugar, and that are responsible ...
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