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09-02-2012 05:17 Exercise can reverse negative impact of maternal obesity Exercise is the key to overcoming the adverse metabolic effects passed on to children by their overweight mothers, with research showing for the first time that impacts can be almost completely reversed through physical activity. Being an obese mother can have a powerful impact on the next generation, altering central appetite circuits and contributing to increased fat deposits, glucose intolerance and metabolic disease in offspring. However, a study from the University of New South Wales by Sultana Rajia on rodents found exercise was able to dramatically improve these detrimental impacts, with the reversal most pronounced in juveniles who both exercised and consumed a low-fat diet.

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