I'm giving my kids a breast-fed start in life, a diet based on fresh food, and activities shared as a family, none of which I had as a kid, but which should all act as protective factors in my kids' having a healthy weight. But there are a lot of big people on my dad's side and let's face it they still don't really understand how genetics factor into hunger and satiety so who knows? What I do know is that my daughters are not being taught systematically by their mother to hate their appearance like i was so that has to count for something I hope.