Larger babies at risk of Cancer....stupidity

[Uki Chick]

I've heard it all. This is the stupidest thing yet. How the hell do you control the weight of your child. Might as well stop having babies and stop living all together.

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Larger Babies At Increased Cancer Risk In Adulthood

February 07, 2005

Birth size is associated with adult cancer risk according to new research published today in the International Journal of Cancer.

Researchers report larger babies have a higher risk of developing digestive and lymphatic cancers in adulthood compared with those of lower birth weight.

The team, comprised of UK and Swedish researchers also found women who weighed more at birth were significantly more likely to develop breast cancer before age 50. However, the same group of women have much lower rates of endometrial cancer at all ages. (Endometrial cancer originates in the endometrial lining of the uterus).


For their findings, scientists looked at the medical records of 11,166 babies born between 1915 and 1929 at Uppsala Academic Hospital in Sweden.

Of these, 24 percent were diagnosed with cancer between 1960 and 2001.

The team found that each 450g increase in birth weight was associated with with a 17 percent increase in lymphatic cancers, and a 13 percent increase in digestive cancers, including stomach, colorectal and pancreatic cancer.

For women, the team found those with a birth weight of 4kg or greater were four times more likely to develop breast cancer before age 50, compared with those with a birth weight of 3kg or less.

In contrast, women who were large at birth were half as likely to develop cancer of the womb lining compared with their smallest counterparts.

 

[Inkara1]

How do you control your child's birth weight? Easy. Smoke like a factory when you're pregnant.

 

[PrincessLissa]

If you eat too much sugar, ignore your doctor's eating and exercise plans your baby can gain get to large and it is the mothers fault.

In other cases, sometimes doctors don't give the right amount of insulin and the baby gets too much sugar and that causes it to grow larger than average.

THey gave me a whole list of things (some silly and others not) on how to keep track of my health in order to gain the right amount of weight and have the baby be born at a normal size.

 

[Winky]

Glad Lissa could answer your question?

 

[PrincessLissa]

Glad Lissa could answer your question?

There are a lot of things that could happen that might affect your baby's weight, but my doctor says a lot of it has to do with what you do and don't put into your body.

 

[ClaireBear]

Why is it that really fat women tend to give birth to "kittens?" (a wonderful descriptive term coined from my mother to describe babies born under 6.5 pounds)

When you would have thought a high calorie diet from the mother would produce a larger baby...

But another notion... from good old mum again... you simply can't over eat in the womb... therefore you birth weight and stature should be an indication of your tendancy towards being a fat/obese or thin/skinny as an adult.

 

[A.B.Normal]

It may also be helpful for those who were large babies to know of possible health risks later in life.I don't see it as a knock on the mother for having a large baby ,but a warning to those who were.



Note:I am not a Doctor ,but I do play one on weekends

 

[Mare]

Note:I am not a Doctor ,but I do play one on weekends

Note: I am not a nurse, but i play one on weekends jk

 

[Uki Chick]

I have to say, some of the stuff I'm reading here is full of it. I had a girlfriend who listened to the doctor, did everything he said to do, ate healthy, didn't put on too much weight, etc, etc, etc, and gave birth to an 11lbs baby. So, if she followed everything the doctor said, how the hell was she to control the size of her child?!!

 

[PrincessLissa]

If she did everything the doctor said, she was doing everything that she could to help her child be an average size. It could have been the doctor's neglect, or even the lack of knowledge that has only surfaced recently that caused the baby to be so large. And like I said before, it may be one of those cases where it was a growth problem with the fetus or within the mother that couldn't be helped. Her doctor may have overlooked her sugar intake, her insulin levels or maybe there is something in your friend's history that was overlooked or never even knew about. I am in no way saying it is ALWAYS the mother's fault. But there are ways to try and make sure that the baby doesn't get to big or too small. Also, the advances made in gestational diabetes are very very recent and maybe she had that or a form of it and that affected the baby's size. Doctor's do not always have the answers. The world of pregnancy is still very uncharted and many new things are always discovered.

I think that the only thing to be concerned about is if this study turnes into well known fact and the baby as an adult will be able to look out for the possible signs.

Either way, I applaud her for being able to do everything the doctor said as they tell you to do a lot, or not do a lot and for being able to carry and deliver a large baby.

 

[A.B.Normal]

Don't forget the size of the parents ,if the dad is 6 foot 8inches and weighs 250lbs ,chances are the babies going to be larger than average no matter the diet.

 

[Professur]

Don't forget the size of the parents ,if the dad is 6 foot 8inches and weighs 250lbs ,chances are the babies going to be larger than average no matter the diet.

I'm 5'5", the missus is 5' nuttin. My birth weight was under 6 lbs. The lightest of my three outweighed me by over 2 pounds. The heaviest was a pound heavier than her. Genetics doesn't really seem to have played much into it.

 

[A.B.Normal]

I'm 5'5", the missus is 5' nuttin. My birth weight was under 6 lbs. The lightest of my three outweighed me by over 2 pounds. The heaviest was a pound heavier than her. Genetics doesn't really seem to have played much into it.

How about you and your wifes siblings??? I'm not saying in all cases ,but where either parent{family history} has a tendancy toward large babies then you could look at it as a warning to potential future health problems. If both parents are over 6foot then the baby needs to be larger than average .The research doesn't specify what a "larger " baby is, so its lacking IMO.

 

[Winky]

"Birth size is associated with adult cancer risk according to new research published today in the International Journal of Cancer."

Can you say 'bunk'?
sure I knew you could