, psychological factors and family factors. Kids who have overweight family members may be genetically predisposed to put on excess weight as they grow, especially if family factors are unhealthy such as how the family eats. Family factors would be those that result from family routines like eating in front of the TV, eating lots of salty, fatty or sweet foods, having a lot of take-out or fast-food meals because parents work and it's easier to pick-up a meal than to cook it. Psychological risk factors would be those that are connected to kids not being able to cope with emotional problems, stress or boredom and use food to compensate.