Study links moms' depression to childhood obesity

Chris Engel 7/12/133:49 PM

"We've known a mom's feelings of depression can impact her children, but what about that child's actual physical health and growth?

"A study recently published in the journal Academic Pediatrics links a mother's feelings of depression to childhood obesity and disengaged parenting in low-income, urban families...."

http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/1006277/study-links-moms-depression-to-childhood-obesity

Gross, et al. (2013). "Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Child Obesity in Low-Income Urban Families." Academic Pediatrics. Abstract.

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