Obese mums might hurt babies' brains
"We've found evidence that suggests the blood-brain barrier - that barrier that separates compounds in your blood from getting access to your brain - we've found there appear to be some changes to the way that forms in the foetuses who develop in obese mums," she said.
As a result, she said, the blood-brain barrier was letting in chemicals similar to those released by a hungry body.
"That might very well be a mechanism that can explain a little bit more about the obesity risk in the offspring later in life."
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