Thursday's Psychology Trivia: Could Your Parents' Marital Status Predict Your Weight or Lead to Eating Disorders?

Thought for the Day: It's time for Thursday's Psychology Trivia. This week an article about a recent study caught my eye. It has to do with how marital status of parents can impact on their children's eating habits. Since the eating habits we form in childhood tend to stick with us for life, this study is clearly not trivial. Here's the question:

A recent study of third graders found:

a) Children of divorced parents had a 54% higher prevalence of general overweight (including obesity)

b) Children whose parents never married were 20% more likely to be underweight 

c) There was an 89% higher prevalence of abdominal obesity compared to children of married parents

d) Boys with divorced parents were especially at much higher risk of being overweight than boys with married parents.

e) Girls with married parents had a higher risk of having eating disorders than girls whose parents never married

f) a), c) & d)

g) b) & e)

h) all of the above

Do you think you know the answer? read on to see what they found...