We have been blaming our mothers for our problems for years, from why we were not cool in the seventh grade to our inability to look good in skinny jeans. Well add one more reason to use your mother as a scapegoat. A recent research study conducted at Iowa State University found that a mother's stress is linked to her child becoming overweight!According to the researchers, "when the maternal stress was found to be at twice the average level of the study sample, children in food-secure households had a 43.7 percent greater probability of being overweight or obese." Read more about this study HERE.
In an effort to help your own mother relax, sign up for yoga together or take her to get a pedicure. And if you are a mother, use this research as leverage against misbehaving children. Just kidding... sort of.
