So would this be a stress that even we as adults could not cope with? But we manage and sculpt/pave their lives. From this, we as adults dont understand how we can be good mentors and escape by eating too much? And from this, kids mock this and eat as much as we?
I think 'modeling' has a HUGE impact on how adults shape a child's life. It seems that all of the research supports this general idea, but I think we as a society under-estimate the influence of others/society on our children. Little children know all of the brands, and I'm not talking about Kashi cereal....I'm talking abour McD's, sugary cereal, etc.
In regard to your question @ eating.....that is a great example of poor eating habits being passed through the generations. I think some may eat too much, but it is the type of food and how we eat that is problematic. Portion sizes at (most) restaurants are not 'normal' sizes, the advent of the "Super Sized" meal, and the quality of food eaten (processed) is really damning our health.
With the vast majority of 2 parent households being 2 income households, how we as a society relate to food is very different than it use to be. Eating on the go (not a good eating behavior), taking in abnormally large portion sizes (not good), and eating more processed foods and foods with additives (high fructose corn syrup, preservatives, etc). As an aside, I think the reported numbers of emotional eating is very much under-represented, and we are just now realizing how much that is effective every day people. There has been a huge (no pun intended) upswing of OA meetings (just one factor), but more than that....I bet if someone did some research on eating habits, they'd find binge eating AND emotional eating far more than initially reported.
I am so interested in why the south has more obesity than the north, east, and west. It could not be from the type of regional foods since California shares similar regional foods (mexican). But let's also notice that South Americans are not all obese.
Why are the findings this way as shown on the statistics?
I think this is a false assumption. Organic / fresh foods are popular in many places in California, though I can't imagine they are nearly as prevelant in the south. Southern cooking is really good (I like it), but it isn't good for you. Fried foods galore, combined with the "fast food" stuff I mentioned above.....bad combo.
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I'd always gain about 30 pounds from bcp's then loose a third of it overnight. . . Actually, each time it was from being busy and forgetting in the ten minutes of time I'd have with my husband for passion that I'd been on antibiotics. 
