Obese dads likelier to have overweight kids

A new Australian study has said if one wants to predict whether a baby is going to have a weight problem in the future, they must look at their dad.
The Australian study looked at the weights of eight- and nine-year-old children from two-parent families where one parent was obese.

The findings go against popularly held beliefs that mothers, who tend to spend more time with children than fathers as well as usually controlling food shopping and meals, have more influence over children’s weight.