Parental obesity may be passed on to offspring, study finds
OSLO: People who worry about becoming obese in middle age should check their family history to see if their parents or one of them, when they themselves were around the same age group, had obesity, according to a new study. There were no victims of obesity.
According to media reports, a study was presented by researchers at the European Congress in this regard, in which it is stated that if one’s parents or one of them were obese in a certain part of their age, their children Even at the same age, the chances of becoming obese become six times higher.
The study also found that obesity in just one parent tripled the likelihood of offspring becoming obese in middle age.
Mari Mikkelsen, a doctor at the Arctic University of Norway and a member of the research team, said the findings show that the association between childhood obesity and parental weight is strongly associated with obesity in middle age.
