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People say their weight is genetic. But it turns out that people who are overweight don't just have overweight kids. They also have overweight pets. That's not genetic.

My parents have always been offended by my weight, embarrassed maybe. It didn't fit with their sensibilities.

My parents are still married. They don't weigh 350 pounds; they go to the gym all the time.

A lot of people who are overweight - not everyone, but a lot of people - are dealing with issues such as emotional issues, stress issues. They become stress eaters and emotional eaters.

It is said that the way to prevent obesity is not to allow kids to become overweight in the first place. But it takes a multi-pronged approach that has to start with parents. Kids are just too young to understand the consequences of obesity.

Kids are fat because of lack of parenting.

I've been overweight all my life.

I wish my parents hadn't made me feel that how I looked was linked to how much they loved me. But I do also see how hard it must be to see your child pile on the pounds and trust they'll find their own way back to a healthy weight.

I was fat because my parents were a little fat themselves at that point in their lives, and I ate what they ate.

There are so many factors to lead to a child becoming obese.