Genetics + Family Environment Impact Childhood Obesity
(WorldNews China)

A new international study finds that around 35-40 percent of a child’s BMI (Body Mass Index) -how fat or thin they are - is inherited from their parents. Investigators say that for the most obese children, the proportion rises to 55-60 percent, thus more than half of their tendency towards obesity is determined by genetics and family environment. University of Sussex researchers used data on the...