>>12969248https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5463282/In the current study, obese parents were more likely to have overweight or obese children, compared to normal-weight parents. These results are consistent with previous studies (14,18,30) and suggest that parental excess weight has an important role on child BMI.
Overweight parents are considered as risk factors for overweight/obesity of their offspring (1,31). The association between overweight children and parental excess weight represents both gene and environment interactions (19). Thus, the increasing risk of childhood or adolescent overweight in individuals with obese parents might be due to their genetics or their living in the same environment. Furthermore, children usually imitate their parents. Therefore, eating habits and family lifestyle could have an influence on child eating behavior. Unfavorable parental eating patterns (including higher consumption of fried, fast foods, sweets) and a sedentary lifestyle such as low physical activity and prolonged TV and computer time might increase the risk of overweight and obesity in both parents and their children (18).
>and a sedentary lifestyle such as low physical activity and prolonged TV and computer time might increase the risk of overweight and obesity in both parents and their children 
