Friday, May 30, 2014

Children of Divorced Parents in Higher Risk of Obesity: Study

Changes to family structure can affect a child's weight, say researchers. By measuring the height, weight and waist circumference of 3,166 Norwegian third graders, and comparing the data against their parental marital status, the team concluded that children of divorced parents were 1.54 times more likely to be overweight than those of married parents. Another study from Norway among 7,915 children in eight European countries suggested that children ...

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