A new U.S. study has revealed that toddlers who have poor relationships with their moms are more likely to pack on extra pounds as they grow up.
The involved researchers found more than a quarter of those who scored lowest on mother-child relationship tests as toddlers went on to become obese at age 15.
“There is an overlap in the brain between the areas that govern stress and energy balance,” said Sarah E. Anderson, who worked on the new study and of the Ohio State University College of Public Health in Columbus. “This stress response could be related to obesity through appetite regulation.”
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