If parents are obese, can that have a genetic influence on children, or isit just something they pick up from watching

Question: If parents are obese, can that have a genetic influence on children, or isit just something they pick up from watching their parents eat?
- Keywords:
  influence,
  obese,
  parents
Asked by _jazzy_s_ to Theresia on 11 Nov 2014.
- Theresia Mina answered on 11 Nov 2014:
  
  Excellent question, I believe in both, but it is really hard to study this. This is what I am trying to find out!

Question: If parents are obese, can that have a genetic influence on children, or isit just something they pick up from watching their parents eat?