Wow, for once mothers aren’t to blame

“Kids at risk if dad too fat for genes” says headline in the Daily Telegraph.

“A University of Newcastle study of more than 3000 families found four-year-olds whose fathers were overweight or obese were at least four times more likely than other children to have weight problems themselves by eight years of age.

On the other hand, an overweight or obese mother made little difference to the chances of her child developing their own weight problems.”

You can read the full story here.