Study: Childhood Obesity Linked to Mom’s Pregnancy Weight

April 18, 2014

To conduct their study, the Kaiser Permenente research team looked at the medical records of children born to 4,100 women in California. They discovered that more than 20 percent of children born to mothers who gained too much weight during their pregnancies were overweight or obese by ages 2 to 5; comparatively, the rate of obesity in children whose mothers gained the…

Vicki Clinebell majored in journalism at the University of Colorado and headed to an advertising agency before beginning a long career in broadcasting, spanning production and copywriting to Sales and Management for an ABC affiliate station.

Her decision to switch gears to pursue a career in writing fulfilled a lifelong ambition. She started as a blogger for a diverse group of businesses, and now writes for a number of digital publications for companies stationed in her hometown in the Rocky Mountains, and provides advertising copy and media buys for national and regional clients. She finds the research as intersting as the writing—she loves learning about subjects as diverse as construction scaffolding, child safety seats, and the newest trends in beauty and fashion.