C-sections tied to child obesity

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17. I have 4 kids - 3 c-sections 1 VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean)

My pudgiest kid is the VBAC (she was baby #2). The others are all very skinny.

I think it's more genetics - the one that is pudgy has been that way since she was a baby. Even though all my kids were exclusively breastfed with no solids until 6 months, my vbac child at 6 months outweighed them by quite a bit (despite being the one that breastfed the least - she was the mythical 'every 4 hours' child, the others ate every 1-2 hours). She's now my most active child, and the one who is picky with food and she eats the least out of any of them - but she's definitely the largest. Purely genetics in this case.

There is several theories that actually tie into this - they recently discovered that children who had the most exposure to antibiotics were also the ones who were the heaviest. The theory with C-sections is that the babies don't benefit from bacteria present in the vaginal canal. It seems that bacteria in the gut may have something to do with obesity - this also ties in with breastfed babies having lower incidence of obesity - breast milk promotes beneficial bacteria in the gut. There you go big pharma - there's an avenue to consider - find the right probiotic strain that fights obesity and patent it - record profits instantly! lol.