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Terri_Schiavo275 t1_j2m3yzf wrote

So let’s say you were skinny, got fat for awhile, then worked your ass off (literally) and got skinny again. If you had a child after you got skinny again do your children still have the same risk factors? Is this a BMI at time of conception to birth thing? Or is it once you become fat your children have higher risk factors regardless?

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Vito_The_Magnificent t1_j2mrix6 wrote

It's strictly looking at BMI and DNA.

So the answer to the question would be found by giving the kid a DNA test, and deriving a polygenic score from the results.

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Jumpy-Effective-1151 t1_j2mdib3 wrote

I think it counts from the moment of pregnancy with the said child. I remember other studies suggesting that obese mothers already predispose their children for illness while they're in the womb. And some other studies suggesting inheritance of habits and patterns that form in childhood. It all can affect their future already. I doubt that there is any link if parents were obese in their own childhood. They probably overcame their predispositions a will pass on good habits and enviornment to their children. Just my opinion. Might be wrong.

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