The Star Online: Lifestyle: Health
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| Obesity - like father like son Posted: 09 Nov 2011 08:58 PM PST SYDNEY: Australian researchers found that children with fat fathers are more likely to be obese by age of eight or nine than those with healthy weight fathers. In a new study by researchers at the University of Newcastle found that children who had an overweight or obese father, were four times more likely to follow in their father's footsteps than those with a father in the healthy weight range. They also found in the study that only having an obese or overweight mum in the family did not have the same effect, China's Xinhua news agency reported, citing the study on Thursday. Lead researcher Emily Freeman said that it was still unknown why overweight dads had such a significant effect on their children's weights. The researchers conducted their study using data collected from 3000 Australian families between 2004 and 2008 for a longitudinal study. They looked at the weights of children when they were aged four to five and then again when they turned eight and nine years old. Some 25 percent of Australian children are overweight or obese, Freeman said, adding that helping fat dads lose weight could make a difference to the youngsters. BERNAMA Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
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