Abaphandi baye banikela ingxelo yokuba abantwana abanoomama abalandela indlela yokuphila enempilo abafane batyebe kakhulu xa kuthelekiswa noontanga babo.
UChi Sun, ovela kwiKholeji yaseT.T., wathi: H. Chan" weYunivesithi yaseHarvard yeMpilo yoLuntu yaseBoston, "Ukuphila okunempilo akuncedi kuphela abantu abadala ukuba baphucule impilo yabo kwaye banciphise umngcipheko wezifo ezingapheliyo, kodwa banokuba neenzuzo zempilo kubantwana babo."
Oomama banempembelelo enamandla kwindlela abantwana babo abakhetha ngayo indlela abaphila ngayo, kodwa akwaziwa ukuba indlela yokuphila esempilweni iyakuchaphazela kusini na ukutyeba kwabantwana babo.
Iqela lophononongo elikhokelwa ngu-Sun ligxile kumngcipheko wokutyeba phakathi kweminyaka elithoba kunye ne-18 leminyaka.
Iqela lichonge izinto ezintlanu zokuphila ezinciphisa umngcipheko wokukhuluphala, kubandakanywa: ukutya ukutya okunempilo, ukuba nesalathisi sobunzima bomzimba kwibala eliqhelekileyo, ukungatshayi, kunye nokusebenza ngokomzimba ubuncinane imizuzu eyi-150 ngeveki.
Ababhali bophononongo bathi, kwijenali (BMJ), zonke izinto ezinxulumene nendlela yokuphila yoomama ngaphandle kokutya okunempilo zinxulunyaniswa ngokusondeleyo kumngcipheko ophantsi wokutyeba ebantwaneni babo.
Umngcipheko wokutyeba kwabantwana wehla ngento nganye eyongezelelweyo yokuphila okunempilo elandelwa ngoomama, kwaye yehla nge-23 pesenti xa umama elandela iindlela ezintathu zokuphila ezinempilo.
Uphononongo lubonisa ukuba abantwana bebengama-75% amathuba okuba batyebe kakhulu phakathi kwabo bangoomama balandela iindlela ezintlanu zokuphila ezisempilweni kunabo bangazange balandele oomama babo.