Childhood obesity linked to health habits, not heredity, study finds

Friday, February 4, 2011 - 02:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Are some children genetically tuned to be overweight, or is lifestyle to blame for childhood obesity? Check-ups of 1,003 Michigan sixth graders showed obese children tend to have the same habits, such as eating school lunch and spending two hours or more watching TV or video games.

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