Obesity is the most common health problem facing us as a nation.
But childhood obesity and obese parents is becoming all too common today.
Children who are born to stout mama's as well as dads are at a much higher risk of becoming heavy themselves, than children who are born to average sized-mothers plus fathers.
Studies have shown that kids under age 10, having a corpulent mom or dad, more than doubled the child's risk for becoming weighty as an adult.
Genes, clearly play a role directly in characterizing the young adolescents' outcome.
Individuals, who are overweight were far more likely to be raising kids who are fat.
Babies that were born to overweight mom's have been found to be less active, also tend to gain more weight by age 3 months, compared with babies of normal sized women, this suggesting a possible inborn drive to conserve energy.
When looking at family members who are large, body mass index is calculated by using weight, plus height.
This is used because for most people, it correlates with their amount of body density.
If a persons body mass index is 30 or higher you are considered corpulent.
So, do heavy mama's or dads usually produce heavy children? Statistics say yes.
If you are a individual that is lean, you have only a seven percent chance of having a large young person.
If there is one person who is fat you have a forty percent chance of having a stout kid.
If an adolescent is born to two people who are stout, the probability of the adolescent being large can be as high as eighty percent.
But childhood obesity and obese parents is becoming all too common today.
Children who are born to stout mama's as well as dads are at a much higher risk of becoming heavy themselves, than children who are born to average sized-mothers plus fathers.
Studies have shown that kids under age 10, having a corpulent mom or dad, more than doubled the child's risk for becoming weighty as an adult.
Genes, clearly play a role directly in characterizing the young adolescents' outcome.
Individuals, who are overweight were far more likely to be raising kids who are fat.
Babies that were born to overweight mom's have been found to be less active, also tend to gain more weight by age 3 months, compared with babies of normal sized women, this suggesting a possible inborn drive to conserve energy.
When looking at family members who are large, body mass index is calculated by using weight, plus height.
This is used because for most people, it correlates with their amount of body density.
If a persons body mass index is 30 or higher you are considered corpulent.
So, do heavy mama's or dads usually produce heavy children? Statistics say yes.
If you are a individual that is lean, you have only a seven percent chance of having a large young person.
If there is one person who is fat you have a forty percent chance of having a stout kid.
If an adolescent is born to two people who are stout, the probability of the adolescent being large can be as high as eighty percent.