A third of infants are overweight. This should not happen, amirite?

Are these infants that are born overweight because of an overweight mother or infants that become overweight from being over fed?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20101231/sc_livescience/athirdof9montholdsalreadyobeseoroverweight I saw it on Yahoo! news.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

So it's a combination of both. That is really, really sad. These kids are going to grow up not liking themselves and having low self esteem and bad health because of their parents' irresponsibility.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

maybe it's just a stage? the chubby stage?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's beyond chubby. They're like obeses babies. Fat to the point of unhealthyness.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

pics o.o

by Anonymous 13 years ago

http://www.amirite.net/484796

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I was 10 lb 4 oz... I was also 20 days late and now I'm a healthy weight. I was only fat as an infant. So, it depends.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Only in the USA...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Being a fat baby doesn't necessarily mean you're going to be overweight. My 1 & 1/2 year old baby sister was 11 lbs. 8 oz. when she was born and hasn't even doubled her birth weight.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i agree... and studies have shown that babies that are on the heavier side are less fragile, tend to be more alert and smarter than stick thin babies.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I remember reading somewhere that a study showed boys who weighed more at birth had more sex during their life time.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

There's not much evidence that shows that overweight infants become overweight adults. Also, baby fat is necessary for the development of the baby. It is much better to have an overweight baby than an underweight baby.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

"One 2009 paper published in the journal Pediatrics found that babies who gain weight rapidly in the first six months of life are at increased risk of being obese by age 3. Another study, published in April 2010 in the Journal of Pediatrics, found that heavy 6-month-olds are more likely to be obese as 2-year-olds." I think the babies may have too much fat.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yes, there is evidence of a overweight infants becoming overweight toddlers, but that does not extend to adulthood.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I like chubby babies. A baby being overweight doesn't mean the baby will stay that way forever.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

There's a difference between a baby who is naturally a little chubby, and the 98 pound baby you see on the Maury Povich show "Imma leet my babae eat fried chicken. cuz he like fried chicken. whatevvaaaa you don't know me"

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I was born 5lbs and premature. When I was 9 until I was 17, I was extremely overweight... so baby weight has nothing to do with adult weight.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

My older brother was over 10 lbs when he was born, and he's a tall, skinny little twig now...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I was a super chubby baby, and guess what? I turned out completely healthy.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Me, too... I was 9 lbs. and 7 oz.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I was 6 lbs. But my mom was overweight when she had me, so that's what's weird.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This is stupid. You can't over feed an infant. Just like you can't 'spoil' them. A baby only knows need, not want.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I babysit an eighth month old that weighs 22 lbs. They watch what she eats and their whole family is super thin, waifish even, except for the dad. Her two year old twin siblings weigh 28lbs. Chunky babies are not chunky just because people overfeed them.

by Anonymous 13 years ago