So often I see studies like this and I'm shocked that they're saying no one has studied it before. I've long assumed this was the case and fairly settled science--at least within the low carb community. Obviously not within the heart-healthy-whole-grains-CICO crowd. But I did assume there was at least some science behind it. There have been studies that show that when mother experience gestational diabetes their children are more likely to be obese, I believe, so it's pretty easy to go from there. Also, the idea that if you eat too much sugar for a long time (you know starting in childhood) that 20 or 30 years of that is going to make you fat.

But if this is what it takes to convince people, then it's good we have studies like this.