Obese Kids: Genes and Junk Food Share Blame

Bulls**t.

Fat parents have fat kids. The blame is all on the parents.

Common childhood obesity -- the kind we usually blame on overindulgence and inactivity -- also has a genetic component, an international collaboration of researchers has concluded.

Using genome-wide association techniques, the researchers showed that several genetic variants associated with adult obesity are also active in childhood obesity, according to Struan Grant of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and colleagues.

IMHO liars and excusinators.

There is not a single creature on the planet that will get fat unless it is fed more Calories than it consumes.

Period.

End.

Believe the pinhead researchers at your own risk.