Family Disruption, Financial Stress May Be Linked To Overweight Or Obesity In Adolescent Girls.

reports that researchers found that just “one family stress point – a mother’s poor health – was associated with overweight or obesity in boys by the time they turned 18.” Investigators came to these conclusions after analyzing “data from more than 4,700 American teens born between 1975 and 1990. http://time.com/3773926/family-obesity-diabetes/