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Kids may have higher obesity risk if dad is overweight, study says


www.grub4life.org.uk today reports that a study of Australian parents suggests that having an overweight father increases the chances of a child becoming obese. 25-01-2012

The authors of the study published in the  International Journal of Obesity wrote:

"The results from this study provide evidence of the important role that fathers have in the development of children's weight status and this has consequences for their long-term health outcomes."

Interventions are needed, they added, to see if helping overweight dads lose weight is effective in preventing childhood obesity.

With thanks to www.latimes.com
 
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http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-fathers-obesity-20120120,0,5955876.story





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