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Appetite link to childhood obesity discovered (see pics)

London: Does your infant has an increased urge to eat in response to the sight or smell of nice food? Get alerted as this may lead to obesity later.A heartier appetite is linked to more

PTI PTI Updated on: February 19, 2014 12:58 IST


It might make life easy to have a baby with a hearty appetite but as she grows up, parents may need to be alert for tendencies to be somewhat over-responsive to food cues in the environment, or somewhat unresponsive to fullness.

Appetite, particularly low satiety responsiveness, acts as one of the mechanisms underlying genetic predisposition to obesity, said another paper from University College London.

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