An international study has found a relationship between low birth weight and adulthood diabetes. They have been declared to be genetically linked to each other. The discovery has been declared to be of much help to curb the disease.

The study was undertaken on 38,000 Europeans and the team included researchers from Exeter's Peninsula Medical School. Though the risk sustained by lower weight babies.

In contracting diabetes is more, other aspects were also taken in to consideration like the impact of mother's prenatal diet on child's growth. It was a study which was composite of both environmental and genetic factors.

Dr. Rachel Freathy, from the Peninsula Medical School in Exeter, said, "It is now important for us to establish how much of the association is due to our genes and how much is due to the environment because this will inform how we target efforts to prevent the disease". The study has come up with the need to study beyond the scope in order to find out solutions to handle growth related issues faced by the child during pregnancy.