Isn't this finding odd?
Obesity patterns for same sex parent-child
"obese mothers were 10 times more likely to have obese daughters.
For fathers and sons, there was a six-fold rise. But in both cases children of the opposite sex were not affected.
they said it was probably because of some form of "behavioural sympathy" where daughters copied the lifestyles of their mothers and sons their fathers."
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Fat mothers = Father Daughters; Fat Fathers = Fat Sons
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morningpaper · 13/07/2009 08:15
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