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Being overweight could depend on your parents

Jill Margo
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People whose parents were both obese in middle age are six times more likely to be obese at that age too, new research has found.

Having just one parent living with normal weight and one with obesity would treble the odds of a child being overweight, the Norwegian research found.

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Jill Margo is based in the Sydney office. Jill has won multiple prizes, including two Walkley Awards and is an adjunct associate professor at School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Australia. Connect with Jill on Twitter. Email Jill at jmargo@afr.com

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