The
Los Angeles Times 
(1/21, Stein) "Booster Shots" blog reported, "Kids might be at higher
risk for obesity if dad is overweight," according to a study in the
International Journal of Obesity. Researchers studied "children from
3,285 two-parent families in Australia" and found that "having an
overweight father and a healthy-weight mother increased the odds of the
child becoming obese four years later by 318%," while "having a father
who was obese increased the odds to 1,388%."
Authors suggested that the study shows "the important role that fathers
have in the development of children's weight status and this has
consequences for their long-term health outcomes."
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