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Kids may make parents overweight

news.bbc.co.uk — Overweight adults may be able to blame their offspring after a US study found adults living with children eat more fat than others.

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  • WillSpencer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This study is fundamentally flawed. It is simple sugars, not lipids, which are the cause of the weight problems of people in the first world.

    It's not the hamburger and fries which are making people rotund -- it's the soda. It gets the insulin pump going and builds a dependence upon constant caloric intake.

    Of course, it may be true that having your kids at home increases your intake of simple sugars such as cola beverages. However, with the study flawed in such a fundamental assumption -- it is difficult to place any degree of trust in it's findings.


  • Junkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Cannibals have the same problem.
  • Buddhist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Solution: Eat your veggies and run on the treadmill instead of sitting on your ass and blaming your kid(s).
    • jhshukla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1or more precisely, burn what you eat - at the same rate.
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