Obesity Linked to Poor Mother-Toddler Bond
Dr. Laurie Miller Brotman, director of the CSC’s Institute for Prevention Science, spoke to WebMD about a recently released study on obesity. The new findings, published in the January issue of Pediatrics, show that toddlers who have poor relationships with their mothers are twice as likely to be obese by the time they are teenagers. These results are in line with Dr. Brotman’s research which has also suggested that parenting style and parent training can affect childhood obesity. Click here to read the WebMD piece. (December 26, 2011)