Do Dads Cause Obesity?

A little while ago I posted an Article on the so called influence over protective Fathers are meant to have on Anorexia read article now here is another study that claims that Fathers may cause Obesity!

They found no connection between the warmth and irritability of either parent and a child's body-mass index. But fathers who scored high for control, falling into the "authoritative" or "authoritarian" parenting category, had leaner kids. "Authoritative" fathers were the least likely to have overweight or obese (O & O) children. Children of "authoritarian" fathers were 11 percent more likely to be O & O. That risk went up to 35 percent for "disengaged" fathers and a whopping 59 percent for "permissive" dads. read the whole article.

Ok so now we have, if your too firm your kids become too skinny, if your not firm enough or disengaged your kids become too fat.

The conclusion from the study:
We conclude first that fathers are important and should be included in all such research. Secondly, warm, firm, and authoritative parenting is already known to be associated with the best child outcomes. These findings provide another reason to support community initiatives (universal and/or targeted) aiming to enhance these parenting attributes; if this also helps the obesity epidemic, then that is all to the good.

My tip: Stop feeding your kids junk food and sell the Playstation or Xbox and buy a bike.

- Eric