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Healthy Lifestyle While Pregnant Improves Kids' Heart Health

A study from King's College London has found that improving the health of obese pregnant women may lead to better heart health in their children, with health benefits continuing years after birth.

The study, which was published in Pediatric Obesity, looked at 1,555 pregnant women in the UK who were obese. About half of the women went through an eight-week program to improve their diet and exercise habits.

Three years after birth, researchers were able to look at 495 of the children, 241 of whom were born to mothers who had taken part in the eight-week program. The children's obesity levels and their resting pulse rate — their number of heartbeats per minute while resting — were measured at that time.

Researchers found little difference in obesity between children whose mothers had taken the program and those whose mothers had not. However, they found that those whose mothers had taken the program had a resting pulse rate that was five beats per minute slower than children whose mothers had not.

Resting pulse rate is linked to heart health. People with high resting pulse rates may have an increased risk of heart disease and early death.

Although factors like diet and exercise can affect resting pulse rate, the researchers found no connection between the results and the children's diets and activity levels. They concluded that the mothers' antenatal habits could have been the reason for the difference.

It was also found that the mothers who took the eight-week program maintained a healthier diet three years after birth.

""Keeping physically active and maintaining a balanced diet are both important ways of keeping our hearts healthy,"" said Tracy Parker of the British Heart Foundation, a charity that supported the study. ""This research shows that for pregnant women, the benefits don't end there. A healthy diet before, during and after pregnancy can have positive long-term health benefits for both mother and child.""

Researchers plan to follow up with the children when they're 8 to 10 years old to see if the benefits continue.

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Vocabulary

obese - very overweight

pediatric - relating to the area of medicine that deals with children

pulse - the regular beat of blood as it is pushed around the body by the heart

conclude - to decide that something is true using reason

antenatal - relating to or happening during pregnancy

Discussion

- Is obesity a major problem in your country? 

- Why do you think that is? 

- Did you have a healthy diet as a kid? 

- Would you say that you have a balanced diet? Why? Why not?

- Which of your friends or family would you say leads the healthiest lifestyle? 

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