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Sons of women with PCOS 3 times more likely to develop obesity

Sons of women with PCOS 3 times more likely to develop obesity
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New Delhi, May 7 (PTI) Sons of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are three times more likely to develop obesity, a new study has shown.

The study from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, said that it highlighted a previously unknown risk of passing PCOS-related health problems across generations through the male side of a family.

The study is published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine.