Parents' Weight Shown to Influence Children's Weight in Study
Online, March 11, 2012 (Newswire.com) - Children whose parents are not overweight are three times more likely not to be overweight themselves than those with heavier parents, according to a recent study by researchers at University College London.
The results were based on the Health Survey for England, which collects data annually from multiple households. From 2001 to 2006, the height and weight of parents and children in 7,000 families were recorded, and their BMI calculated. Some prior research has indicated that obesity may be partly hereditary; now, researchers are wondering if thinness might also be inherited.
However, many currently obese parents did not have obese parents themselves, but became obese later in life. Similarly, there are many normal-weight people whose parents were obese. Also, there are people who started at normal weight and became obese, along with people who were obese and are now at normal weight.
"In our opinion, it is possible that some tendencies to be obese or thin may be passed on to children during development in the womb," say boomer generation health experts Dian Griesel, Ph.D., and Tom Griesel, authors of the new book TurboCharged: Accelerate Your Fat Burning Metabolism, Get Lean Fast and Leave Diet and Exercise Rules in the Dust (April 2011, BSH) and the newly released, A TurboCharged Mind: Eliminate Bad Habits with Hypnosis (January 2012). "It is also possible and highly likely that diet and lifestyle choices of overweight and obese parents are passed along to their children."
"Children will eat what parents eat and what their parents provide them to eat or allow them to eat," adds Dian. "Almost all our early learning is by the example of our parents and other family members. No one is doomed to obesity. It is critical for parents to educate themselves, take care of themselves and set the proper example for their children. Otherwise you will most likely train your children to be overweight and unhealthy."
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