Costa-i-Font, Joan; Jofre-Bonet, Mireia; Le Grand, Julian - 2015
We examine the vertical transmission of overweight drawing upon a sample of English children, both adopted and non …-adopted, and their families. Our results suggest strong evidence of an intergenerational association of overweight among adoptees …, indicating transmission through cultural factors. We find that, when both adoptive parents are overweight, the likelihood of an …