According to a study published in the International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, the scientists have revealed that grandparents overfeed kids and make them fat.

The research was carried out on Chinese by scientists from Britain’s University of Birmingham. Chinese grandparents have “experienced underweight, under-nutrition, food shortage, physical hardship and deprivation in their early lives.” They now play a central role in taking care of their grandchildren. More than the love they share the food.

With more love and affection, the grandparents feed their grandchildren with junk food and fizzy drinks. As a result, Chinese children who are mainly cared for by their grandparents run double the risk of being overweight or obese, compared with those supervised by other adults.

"Our study reveals grandparents contribute to childhood obesity in China through inappropriate perception, with many sharing the belief fat children are healthy and inaccurate knowledge, believing obesity related diseases only happen in adults”, said by Dr Bai Li, the co-author of the study and Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Birmingham.

By Lizitha