Do Fat Parents = Fat Kids?

Question

I've noticed this trend

Answer 1

Weight problems often are genetic IE slow metabolism. also lifestyle is a big factor if the parents don't exercise/do physical work and eat fast food the kids most likely will too. if the parents are both athletic and have good diets/quality food the kids will too.

it is a mix of nature and nurture.

Answer 2

Usually fat parents pass their genetics down to their kids, meaning any little problem at all that can affect their weight goes to their kid so a lot of time fat parents will have fat kids out of their control. What about skinny parents with fat kids? I know a girl who just had a baby and the 7 month old is already in 2 year old's clothing. The mom openly admits when the baby cries she stuffs a bottle in her mouth. I don't think fat parents should be punished, I think parents who purposely don't give a crap about their kids should have something done. The doctor of the kids should work out some sort of plan, first testing to see if he/she has a medical condition that is affecting their weight, if not then the doctor should help come up with a diet and a little excersise plan for the kid. If the parents don't follow then they should have their kid taken away. Most fat kids are the result of lazy parents. My husband is in no way thin but he's smart enough to know you don't keep feeding a baby every time they cry.

Answer 3

obesity can be passed down through generations... but it's also more than just hereditary.
i mean if you think about it, if a kid's parents are overweight, it often means that they're not eating right or exercising, which isn't setting a good example for the kids. and probably the whole family eats the same stuff that the parents buy which are unhealthy foods. so the kids become fat.
so the trend is caused by genes and by their environment.

Answer 4

Yes because the kids generally eat what the parents do.

Answer 5

Yes...& one fat parent + a skinny parent = a slightly less plump child.

Answer 6

yeah thats generally true. but i have seen some really fat parents and one kid is extremely skinny and ones fat. so who knows?

Answer 7

I don't want to be insensitive but I was at blockbuster and a whole family of fatties were buying movies and so much junk food you'd be sick. Don't they know what they're doing to they're kids?

Answer 8

Not usually. There's this girl at school that looks like a stick. Her mom's as big as a house.
I'm proportionate (curvy, not fat). So was my mother. My father was muscular.

Answer 9

Just like tall parents have tall kids, etc., etc., yes, of course, the deck is stacked that way.

Answer 10

no...actually at work i ALWAYS see fat moms, chompin down on turkey legs and pretzels and chimichangas...and their skinny little kids next to them with a water.