AFP
SOFIA
Divorce rates, family quarrels and the habit to eat out influence child obesity rates, new studies presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Sofia suggested on Friday.
In one study, Norwegian researchers found that changes to family structure can affect a child’s weight. 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.