Mother’s overweight, parents’ constant limitation on the foods and frequent snack as risk factors for obesity among children in Brazil

The obesity is a chronic disease in which environmental factors can be involved in the etiology. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for obesity in children at Viçosa county, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Case-control study with 50 eutrophic and 50 obese children, paired according to gender, age and socioeconomic condition. This sample was selected based on nutritional evaluation of 2,074 children aged 6 to 8 years who were attending either private and public urban schools in Viçosa. Children's and parents' nutritional states were classified according to CDC (2000) and WHO (1998), respectively. Based on questionnaire application, the following data were collected: family structure, socioeconomic level,…