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If you struggle to lose weight or to say no to an extra helping of pud, don’t blame your willpower - blame your parents.
A person’s attitude towards food and exercise is largely set by the tender age of ten, a study found.
Newcastle University researcher Heather Brown said that healthy eating habits become engrained in childhood and that is the time for parents, schools and governments to intervene.
Her advice follows study of data on hundreds of pairs of American siblings. Some were adults who lived apart from each other, others were aged between 10 and 18 and still living in the family home.
The data was filtered to separate out the effects of influences that don’t change over time, such as genetics and upbringing, and those that are more variable, such as the friends that we keep.
A person’s attitude towards food and exercise is largely set by the tender age of ten, a study found.
Newcastle University researcher Heather Brown said that healthy eating habits become engrained in childhood and that is the time for parents, schools and governments to intervene.
Her advice follows study of data on hundreds of pairs of American siblings. Some were adults who lived apart from each other, others were aged between 10 and 18 and still living in the family home.
The data was filtered to separate out the effects of influences that don’t change over time, such as genetics and upbringing, and those that are more variable, such as the friends that we keep.
Our attitude to food and fitness 'is fixed at ten years old'
Newcastle University researcher Heather Brown said that healthy eating habits become engrained in childhood and that is the time for parents, schools and governments to intervene.
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