Worried Parents Increase Childhood Obesity Risk
by Dr Jayashree on May 14, 2021 at 8:11 PM
Early childhood associated with fast growth period define child s weight gain. This crucial time need to be monitored by parents to shield their children health.
The European Congress on Obesity submitted their research by
University College London analysing over 6,000 children data from long-term cohort study of 19,000 families and children born between 2000 and 2002.
They examine the association between distress self-reported by mothers and fathers in early childhood (at 9-months and 3-years of age), and their children s weight (body mass index; BMI) and excess body fat (Fat Mass Index; FMI) changed from age 5 to 14 years.