Stressed Parent? New study shows how your children could be at higher risk for obesity

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A study from Los Angeles, Calif. shows that high stress in Latino adults may have twice the risk of having obese children.

According to a recent article, researchers looked at data from the Study of Latino Youth (SOL Youth) and stated that parental stress is a risk factor for childhood obesity among Latinos.

High levels of stress were reported among Latino parents and obesity and chronic stress were prevalent among this population, explained researchers.

Stress factors were determined from the Chronic Stress Burden Scale, including factors of difficulties at work or in a relationship among other stress factors, where data showed 34 percent of parents in the study had three or more stress factors.

The doctors of the research later explained that the importance of stress on the adult not only will affect the adult but also the entire family and encourages clinicians and healthcare providers to factor in high-stress levels as warning signs for future obesity risks for the whole family.

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