Childhood Obesity Dichotomy

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The etiology of childhood obesity can partially ascribe to specific known and unknown genetic variants and a global drift toward an obesogenic lifestyle characterizes sedentary behavior and a calorie-dense food intake (Nielsen et al, 2015). The family that surrounds the child plays an important factor since the family share genes along with behavior habits and the environment. These factors include dietary intake, level of physical activity, sedentary behavior, family structure (parental weight status, parental perception of overweight, parental feeding practices, socio-economic status and more), day care and school environment as well as influences during fetal development and early growth and development (Nielsen et al, 2015).

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