Studies have shown that eating junk food during pregnancy can lead to children's childhood indulgence in junk food

While eating too much junk food during pregnancy may help ease the pain during pregnancy, eating too much unhealthy food can lead to a later preference for junk food in children who are not yet born, the researchers caution.new research suggests that pregnant women who like junk food may cause their children to react to junk food-like habits., a team of researchers published in the Journal of the Federation of Experimental Biology, said high doses of junk food during pregnancy can lead to changes in the signaling path of opioid expression in the fetus' brain. This change can make children less sensitive to opioids released from high-sugar, high-fat foods., these children, who are naturally highly "to bearable" to junk food, need more intake to achieve a "feel-good" response, the researchers said.
Beverly Muhlhausler
of the University of Adelaide in Australia, who was involved in the study, said the results of the study needed to inform pregnant women that their dietary intake had a continuing impact on their children's ability to develop good lifelong preferences and the risk of metabolic disease.Research shows that addiction to junk food is innate," commented

, editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Federation of Experimental Biology. " food acts on the body like opium, morphine, or heroin, and unfortunately, eating junk food during pregnancy turns children into junk food addicts, " he said.Muhlhausler,
, said: "I hope this will inspire pregnant women to choose healthier diets and have healthier children. details of thestudy Muhlhausler
and colleagues studied two groups of rats, one mother fed normal rat food and the other fed a range of human "junk food" during pregnancy and lactation.weaning, young mice were given daily injections of opioid-like blockers, which blocked the signaling path of opioid expression and prevented the release of dopamine, thus reducing the intake of glycolipids., however, the researchers found that opioid-like blockers did not have a significant effect on reducing glycolipid intake in the offspring of mice fed junk food. The results showed that among these offspring, the opioid signaling path is less sensitive than that of normal feeding mothers and mice.study concluded that junk food intake during pregnancy can lead to changes in the signaling path of opioid expression in the fetal brain and reduced sensitivity. This means that children need to eat more junk food to achieve a "feel-good" response.