One of the first who considered the statistics of potential predictive factors of obesity, was the study, published July 14, 2014. Scientists have suggested that children of parents who were very fat during the entire childhood of their children, more likely to be slim in adulthood.The results of the study conducted by experts from the University "Cornell" in new York, was published in the journal PLOS.
The team took the experiment 532 adult participants who underwent a questionnaire survey, where the main topic was the situation, the following questions: what circumstances in your childhood influenced your currently in good physical shape?
Experts note that 2010 data showed the following indicators according to the norms of obesity in America is 16.9% among children and adolescents, and 35.7% among adults.
From thorough analysis of all questionnaires, the researchers announced the results of a study suggesting that children whose parents were overweight throughout their childhood conscious, more likely to be slim in adulthood.
Source: globalscience.ru