New Studies Link Children Obesity to Effects of Parental Smoking

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A recent study by the University of Montreal, reveals that toddlers are more likely to be obese if parent’s smoke around them.

Professor Linda Pagani, who led the study stated that, “By the age of ten, the children who had been intermittently or continuously exposed to smoke were likely to have waists that were up to three-fifths of an inch wider than their peers. And their BMI scores were likely to be between .48 and .81 points higher. This prospective association is almost as large as the influence of smoking while pregnant.”

Latino homes are decreasing in smoking habits, according to the American Lung Association.

However, Latino families are still at risk of this effect with the overall population of 12.1% of Hispanics still smoking, according to 2013 reports.

To learn more about this study, read the full article.