Could having a cesearian section be the predictor of teen obesity?

A new study explores the fetal origins of adolescent obesity. New research is being conducted by the University of Utah and Utah State University states, teenage obesity may be predicted from the earliest moments of life; from a mother's prenatal care to the way a baby was delivered are the possible links to teen obesity. According to the Salt Lake Tribune

research found a teen is more likely to be overweight, for example, if
his or her mother smoked during pregnancy or gave birth via a cesarean
section. But the prenatal factor that appears to have the biggest impact on
adolescent weight is a mother's pre-pregnancy weight.

It has been said that,

a child born to a woman who is overweight or obese is almost two to four
times more likely to be overweight as a teen as a child born to a woman with
normal weight.

Researcher Rebecca Utz, assistant U. sociology professor, can't say whether the mother's weight plays such a large role because of nature or nurture. Other risk factors that have been evaluated are, the passing of poor genes and poor diet and exercise. Neither have been determined as the link yet.

Analyzing the fetal origins of health isn't new, but connecting the womb environment to childhood obesity is relatively unusual.

"Utz's study does provide the first data I've seen, especially Utah-specific data, that makes that correlation," said Lois Bloebaum, manager of the Utah Department of Health's Reproductive Health Program.