Close X
Saturday, November 2, 2024
ADVT 
Health

Divorce may end in obese kids!

Darpan News Desk IANS, 05 Jun, 2014 11:27 AM
    Children, whose parents are divorced or not married but living together, are at a higher risk of obesity, a study has found.
     
    "The emotional fallout of a divorce and resulting stress generated by disruptions in the parent-child relationship, ongoing conflict between the exes, moving home and the need to create new social networks, might also explain the findings," the authors suggested.
     
    The researchers based their findings on a nationally representative sample of more than 3,000 children attending 127 schools across Norway.
     
    All the children were part of the national 2010 Norwegian Child Growth Study.
     
    Around 19 percent children were overweight or obese according to the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) definition.
     
    Overall, significantly more of the 1537 girls were overweight or obese than the 1629 boys.
     
    More of the children whose parents were categorised as divorced were overweight or obese than those whose parents remained married.
     
    They were 54 percent more likely to be overweight/obese.
     
    "Children whose parents had never married had a similar prevalence of overweight and obesity to those with married parents," the study's authors noted.
     
    The differences were generally larger for boys whose parents were divorced. They were 63 percent more likely to be generally overweight/obese than boys whose parents were married.
     
    The same pattern was seen among girls, but the associations were less marked and, unlike the boys, not statistically significant.
     
    Possible explanations for the link could include less time spent on domestic tasks such as cooking, an over-reliance on unhealthy foods and lower household income, the study concluded.

    MORE Health ARTICLES

    Stressed mothers may affect behaviour of the unborn

    Stressed mothers may affect behaviour of the unborn
    Stress during pregnancy can affect the baby in your womb in many ways as researchers have found that foetuses are more likely to show left-handed movements in the womb when their mothers are stressed.

    Stressed mothers may affect behaviour of the unborn

    Sperm-inspired microbots to deliver drugs

    Sperm-inspired microbots to deliver drugs
    Researchers, including an Indian-origin scientist, have developed sperm look-alike robots that can be used for drug delivery, in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), cell sorting and other applications at the microscopic level.

    Sperm-inspired microbots to deliver drugs

    Male contraceptive pill will have to wait

    Male contraceptive pill will have to wait
    The much speculated birth control pill for males may not see the light of day soon as researchers have found that hormonal male contraception via testosterone does not stop the production of healthy sperm.

    Male contraceptive pill will have to wait

    Exercise scores over diet in lowering breast cancer risk

    Exercise scores over diet in lowering breast cancer risk
    Are you on a strict diet to reduce body fat that may also help lower breast cancer risk? Better take up exercise as researchers have found that physical activity offers additional benefit, beyond the effect of weight loss in reducing cancer risk.

    Exercise scores over diet in lowering breast cancer risk

    Believe it! Men May Lactate Too

    Believe it! Men May Lactate Too
    Men may not be naturally wired to breast feed their babies but in certain circumstances, they may secrete milk too.

    Believe it! Men May Lactate Too

    Cat owners smarter than dog lovers?

    Cat owners smarter than dog lovers?
    Your pet can tell a lot about you and if a new study is to be believed, people with dogs at home are more energetic but feline lovers are more intelligent.

    Cat owners smarter than dog lovers?