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News & Views: Parenting Style Linked to Childhood Obesity
Posted on March 24, 2014 by Stephanie Tammen | Categories: MD Lesson3-1, MD Unit3, Metabolic Disease, News | | Add comment |

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Authoritarian parents are not very affectionate and may have strict rules without explanation. A recent Canadian study has linked this parenting style with a higher risk of obesity in their children. Children of authoritarian parents may be more likely to engage in risky behaviors, including behaviors that can lead to weight gain. These children may be “responding negatively to not being able to question things or discuss things” says one of the study’s authors.

This study is another in an existing set of data that support the idea that the authoritarian parenting study is linked with childhood obesity. Read more about the study here.