Is your Baby Gaining Too Much Weight?

Children with mothers who practice responsive parenting are less likely to have overweight babies at their one-year checkup than those who did not, according to health researchers. This would include reacting promptly and appropriately to their hunger and fullness cues. Infants will usually triple their birth weight at one year old, but some babies gain weight more quickly than others. This weight gain is associated with their risk of becoming obese later in life.

Dr. Ian M. Paul, professor of pediatrics and public health sciences from Penn State College of Medicine says that over 20% of the 2 to 5 …read more