“…In our work, high maternal education was a protective factor for obesity, this was consistent with some previous studies which suggested that low maternal education was a risk factor for childhood obesity [5,8], however, this result conflicted with the results from other studies, in which overweight and obesity was more prevalent among children with highly educated mother [1,18]. Controversial results may arise from differences in the design of the study, such as characteristics of participants, methodology, and sample size.…”