Researchers examined data from 2,591 children ages 5 to 19 years old and from their parents and grandparents - the first study to do so. They concluded that overweight patterns are cross-generational.
"Primary care physicians should engage families in discussions about generational patterns of weight as both a window on the children's risk of overweight and an opportunity to discuss familial patterns of diet and physical activity that can affect the health of multiple generations," according to the report published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Practice.
Labels: genetics, families, predictors
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