The role of family and maternal factors in childhood obesity

Objective: To investigate the relationship between a child's weight and a broad range of family and maternal factors. Design, setting and participants: Cross-sectional data from a population-based prospective study, collected between January 2004 and December 2005, for 329 children aged 6–13 years (192 healthy weight, 97 overweight and 40 obese) and their mothers (n = 265) recruited from a paediatric hospital endocrinology department and eight...