in fitness among children. Those three factors are: 1. What kids eat 2. What kids do 3. How much kids sleep Other factors—such as endocrine disruptors, intestinal bacteria, consumption of genetically modified wheat, and antibiotics—may play a role, but there is less consensus regarding those other factors.10 Let’s talk about factors 1, 2, and 3, so you can see the pivotal role played by parental authority—or more precisely, by the abdication of parental authority and by parents’ role confusion—in each of those factors.
