10. Lesson: Fat woman 'have fat daughters'

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follow suit
Girls whose mothers were clinically obese and boys whose fathers had the same condition were more likely to follow suit at a young age
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to do the same as someone else has done is to _____; pol. pójść za czyimś przykładem
factor
This suggests behavioural rather than genetic factors could hold the key to finding out why so many British children are obese
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pol. czynnik
track
The Early Bird Study is tracking 300 children over 12 years...
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to record or study the behaviour or development of sb or sth over time is to ____ them
indiscriminate
Any genetic link between obese parents and their children would be indiscriminate of gender
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an _____ action is done without thinking about what harm it might cause; Pol. (zrobiony) bez wyboru, bez różnicy, na oślep
gender
Any genetic link between obese parents and their children would be indiscriminate of gender
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the fact of being male or female; pol. płeć
assort
The clearly defined gender-assortative pattern which our research has uncovered
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to arrange into groups of the same type; to classify; to fit into a class or group; pol. klasyfikować
turn it on its head
These findings could turn our thinking on childhood obesity dramatically on its head
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to make people think about sth in the opposite way to the way it was originally intended is to ____; pol. odwrócić kota ogonem
prevention
prevention of obesity in children will solve the problem in adulthood
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pol. zapobieganie
hypothesis
Early Bird's evidence supports the opposite hypothesis - that children are becoming obese due to the influence of their same-sex parents
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pol. hipoteza
account for
Type 2 diabetes is linked to unhealthy lifestyles, including a lack of exercise and obesity, and accounts for around nine out of 10 cases of the disease
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to be the reason why something happens [= explain]

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