Children born to moms who had the procedure before pregnancy have healthier hearts and less risk of obesity than their siblings born before the mom had surgery.

    An overweight woman who has weight-loss surgery before becoming pregnant may help break the cycle of obesity in her family, according to a new study.

    Researchers found that children born to women who had weight-loss surgery before pregnancy have improved heart health and a lower risk of obesity compared with their siblings who were born before the mother had surgery. The study was published last week in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

    Previous research shows a woman's weight and her tendency to develop diabetes and heart disease can influence the long-term health of her fetus, predisposing the child to metabolic problems related to obesity. Obese young women who are planning to have children some day should try to lose weight through weight-loss surgery or behavioral changes.

    The researchers studied 49 women who had undergone weight-loss surgery and their 111 children, who were ages 2 to 25. About half of the women had given birth before the surgery and again after. The other women gave birth either before or after surgery.

    The study showed that the children born after their mother's surgery had reduced birth weight and waist circumference and were three times less likely to become severely obese compared with siblings born before the surgery. These children also had improved cardiovascular markers, such as reduced insulin resistance and lower cholesterol and inflammation.

    懷孕期前做過減肥手術媽媽們生的孩子比沒有做手術媽媽的孩子擁有更好的心臟且更不易得肥胖病。

    根據新的研究，超重婦女在懷孕期前做減肥手術能打破家族中的肥胖遺傳鏈。

    上周在臨床內分泌和新陳代謝雜志上的研究表明：在懷孕期前做減肥手術可以增強孩子心臟功能，并與那些沒有做減肥手術媽媽的孩子比，他們更不容易得肥胖病。

    之前的研究說媽媽們的體重、患肥胖癥傾向和心臟病都會影響胎兒的長期健康，誘導孩子產生與肥胖有關的新陳代謝問題。年輕肥胖的女人如果打算懷孩子應該試著通過手術或運動減肥。

    研究人員對49位有肥胖癥的婦女和他們111位年齡在2-25歲間的孩子做出了研究。其中大約一半婦女在手術前后都有生孩子，而另一半要么在術前或術后生的孩子。

    研究表明生于手術后的孩子胎重和腰圍均減少，比起生于手術前的孩子，他們患嚴重肥胖的概率小三倍。他們的心臟血管也得到改善，胰島素抵抗、膽固醇含量及炎癥發生率均減降低。