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Obesity in childhood is likely to carry on in adolescence and adulthood. Obesity is a bad thing, so it's good to get into non-obese mode early in life.
It is not necessarily hereditary but an overweight mother or father is more likely to have an overweight child simply based on how they eat. On the other hand, 2 healthy parents can have an overweight child even though they eat healthy.
If you eat healthy and lose the weight. By being overweight as a child, you have bad eating habits most likely that carry over into adulthood, and you can still be overweight.
Current theory suggests that there are inheritable traits that can make us more or less likely to develop overweight/obesity, but the big issue is with habits and not with genetics. The main cause for people developing obesity is poor eating and exercising habits. If your parents held poor diets and didn't get enough exercise odds are that you will be doing the same - and that is setting you up for overweight and obesity.
Yes they can develop diabetes with overweight and no exercise. most likely they will founder first before diabetes.
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most likely because she doesn't want to feel out of place
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Dealing with obesity in children can be difficult. There are likely many resources in your community, however, without knowing your location, I would recommend an online resource: myoverweightchild.com
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