Study Says Girls Called 'Too Fat' Likelier to Become Obese

Girls who are called too fat at age 10 are more likely to be obese at age 19, reveals new study. The study looked at 1,213 African-American girls and 1,166 white girls living in Northern California, Cincinnati and Washington, D.C., 58 percent of whom had been told they were too fat at age 10. All the girls had their height and weight measured at the beginning of the study and again after nine years. Overall, the girls labeled fat were 1.66 times more ...

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Written by: editor - Monday, April 28, 2014