Based on a data of 12,000 children as published in the International Journal of Obesity, kids who are looked after by their grandparents are most likely to be overweight or suffer from obesity.

Led by Professor Catherine Law from the University College London, the study used the data—children’s health born between 2000 to 2001 between nine months and three years old—from the Millennium Cohort Study.

Researchers found out that 15 percent of kids looked after by their grandparents for part-time only were more likely to be overweight while those looked after their grandparents for full-time went overweight by as much as 30 percent.

The possibilities as to why these kids become fatter are:

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Since the number of obsess children has been growing in years, more and more research are being done to help parents prevent their kids from being obese. A new research in Pediatrics showed that there are actually three steps to prevent obesity.

Here they are:

* Regularly eat the evening meal as a family (>5 nights per week).
* Ensure adequate nighttime sleep for your child on weekdays (≥10.5 hours per night).
* Limit screen-viewing (television, video, DVD) time on weekdays (≤2 hours/day).

When all these steps are taken, the study showed that the risk of being obese for 8,550 four-year-olds was lowered significantly—by 40 percent, to be exact. The study also compared the children…

Interestingly enough, there are some weight loss techniques that involve the dieter binging only on junk foods like Taco Bell and sodas. There is even a soda diet where all you have to do is drink your favorite soda for breakfast, lunch and then eat a sensible dinner.

Of course, all this will enable you to shed some pounds. But the consequence is that you will lose some of your body’s most needed nutrients. Fastfood diets will only allow you to eat some 1,250 calories per day, making you lose weight faster than ever before.

But after just a week or two under this diet, you’ll notice that your energy level will…