Obesity Predicted by Parent's Weighthttp://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/01/02/obesity-predicted.aspxA child's risk of becoming an obese adult is strongly influenced by parental obesity in either the mother or father. For children under 10 years old, whether obese or not, having an obese parent more than doubles the risk of adult obesity. The toddlerenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)