Investigators have found that babies born to obese mothers who lost weight after bariatric surgery have less cardiovascular risk factors compared to siblings born before the surgery. The bodily changes and weight loss that occur as a result of the surgery, positively effect inflammatory disease-related genes in the offspring, according to new research presented at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society. The authors found that maternal obesity affects the genes of the offspring...
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