"The researchers found that fathers with permissive (no limits on their children) or disengaged parenting styles were more likely to have overweight or obese children, while fathers with a consistent (clear limits, following through with instructions, etc.) style were less likely to have children with a higher body mass index (BMI)."

"There was no association between the mothers' parenting styles and children's weight, said the study authors from the Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH) at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute."

"The findings were to be presented this weekend at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, in Toronto."

""This study of a large cross section of Australian preschoolers has, for the first time, suggested that fathers could be at the frontline
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