Babies born by caesarean section are more likely to be
overweight or obese as adults. The research shows that the oddity of being
obese or overweight is about 26 percent
compared to those who were born by vaginal delivery.
The finding is actually based on a combined data of over
38,000 participants.
The researchers said that their finding is not yet certain though there is a higher possibility that
caesarean birthing really affect the body mass of an adult.
In my own opinion, caesarean section has nothing to do with
obese adults, I mean, what’s the difference between a baby that was born by
vaginal delivery against one by caesarean section. Vaginal delivery and
caesarean are both methods that have always been employed by modern day
medicine.
To back up my
opinion, I have three factors on why a baby would be obese or overweight in his
adult stage, all of which only come into play before or after birth but not
during.
- Environment – We are now in the computer age, the bad thing about this is we are facing a polluted environment. Pollution can also contribute to obesity (lack of oxygen in the air equals the body being less capable to metabolize).
- The food which a mother is consuming while pregnant – Pregnant women should avoid vices like alcoholic drinks and cigarettes.
- Food – different types of food that are available in the market, restaurant, or food chains are heavily full of preservatives. Preservatives can do harm to our bodies. Maybe that is one of the reason why the human life span is shortening as times goes by.
I have suggestions on how a mother could prevent caesarean
section:
- Carefully pick the foods – this method could be quite expensive as good food, especially organic ones, tend to be more costly than processed food.
- Slowly trim down the diet – Starting on the 6th month, pregnant women should trim down their diet. This would help to not let her baby grow bigger and thus make her baby be ease to birth via vaginal canal.
Actually, there is a recent finding that caesarean babies have
an increased risk of developing asthma although this shows more promise than
the study where c-section makes a kid become an obese adult.
