Kids inherit obesity from their parents
Kids of obese parents have higher chances of being overweight, a new study has revealed
12
Jan
2012
Kids of obese parents have higher chances of being overweight, a new study has revealed. A 20-year study conducted by scientists at Glasgow University took into consideration almost 1,500 families and found that nine per cent of children of normal-weight parents were obese, compared with 24 per cent of children whose parents were overweight or obese themselves.
Among women, 17 per cent of mothers were obese, but that figure increased to 20 per cent among daughters, a far greater proportion than among fathers and sons or mothers and sons.
The researchers asserted that although genetic factors have a role to play in obesity, gender differences were likely to be because of how children were fed. Women were more likely to have a similar weight to their mother, and experts believe that this could be due to mothers passing on their cooking skills and food choices to their daughters but not their sons.
Source: Bombay Times
