Children of obese parents ‘six times more likely also to be obese in middle age’
by Nina Massey
Mar 07, 2024
2 minutes
People are six times more likely to be obese in middle age if both their parents were obese at that age, a new study suggests.
Having one parent living with obesity triples the odds, according to the research to be presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Venice, Italy.
Analysis of height and weight
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