The nurse is teaching a class on obesity prevention to parents in the community.What is a contributing factor to childhood obesity?
A) Birth weight
B) Parental overweight
C) Age at the onset of puberty
D) Asian ethnic background

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There is a high correlation between parental adiposity and childhood adiposity.Obese children do not have higher birth weights than nonobese children.Early menarche is associated with obesity,but the age of puberty is not a contributing factor.African Americans and Hispanics have disproportionately high percentages of overweight individuals,but Asians do not.

The Nurse Is Teaching a Class on Obesity Prevention to Parents