Kiwi kids have a 50/50 chance of ending up a fat adult - study. A new study investigating significant risk factors for obesity found that half the kids taking part grew into overweight adults. Risk factors for children becoming fat included being male, born into a single-parent family, having parents with larger body size, and experiencing severe sexual abuse. Horwood said individually the risk factors have a relatively modest impact. "If you have three or more risk factors, there is likely to be an associated increased risk of obesity."

Source: Stuff March 23, 2018 03:00 UTC