Child obesity ’35-40 percent’ inherited from parents, study finds

Monday, February 20, 2017 - 13:21 in Health & Medicine

Around 35-40 per cent of a child’s BMI – how fat or thin they are – is inherited from their parents, a new study has found. For the most obese children, the proportion rises to ... Read more

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