Research suggests that having overweight parents 2.　 a big influence upon a child’s weight,with one study finding that children with overweight parents 3.　 four times more likely to be overweight themselves. 

　　The findings add heat to an already fierce political debate(争论) over childhood obesity.The Prime Minister,John Howard,last week decided that $116 million would be used for programs to deal with obesity,while the Opposition Leader,Mark Latham,recently announced that his party 4. move to protect children from unhealthy food ads. 

　　Clare Collins,a senior lecturer at the University of Newcastle,believes such programs 5.　 definitely fail unless they influence the way of life of whole families.“If we 6.　 get parents to take action against their own weight problems,then we 7.　 expect to influence their kids,” she said. 

　　However,Professor Louise Baur from the Children’s Hospital at Westmead,doubts whether adult education programs offer any solution to weight problems.“Many parents know they need to lose weight and they know it influences their kids,but they lack the willpower to do anything about it.”

　　The 10-year study of 150 American children found two-thirds of children with overweight parents became overweight.Only one in six children whose parents 8.　 of average weight became overweight. 

　　The president of the Australasian Society for the Study of Obesity,Associate Professor Gary Wittert,said parents needed help in doing their job and the Opposition Party’s policy 9. be on the right track. 

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