IVF babies 'more likely to be diabetic or obese'

IVF babies are more likely to develop diseases such as diabetes and become obese in later life, according to scientists who have found that their DNA differs from other children. The research could also explain why IVF children are prone to low birth weight, defects and rare metabolic disorders. The changes are not in the genes themselves but in the mechanism that switches them on and off, the study of which is known as epigenetics. Telegraph