Support from grandparents linked with lower levels of obesity in children

By Medical X press 07/27/2015

\”A new pilot study from Karolinska Institutet and the University of Oxford has shown how important the support from grandparents could be in protecting against child obesity.

According to the study, published in Pediatric Obesity, emotional support from grandparentsmay have a preventative effect against child obesity, even with the presence of other risk factors. …\”

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