Pregnant women who eat a diet high in fat and sugar could have children with heart problems, a new study finds. Additionally, the team found that the heart problems were less evident in the female offspring of the younger generation of mice. The team also found that these heart problems were not just passed down to offspring from their mothers. Researchers saw that the obese mothers' male children, who mated with females fed a standard chow diet, had children with the same heart problems. The team believes that the problems with heart mitochondria are due to epigenetic changes in the DNA of the eggs of obese mothers.

Source: The Star March 23, 2019 10:52 UTC