July 4, 2009

Overweight Kids Experience More Loneliness, Anxiety

In an article dated July 3, 2009, ScienceDaily reported on an effect of children being overweight.

As childhood obesity rates continue to increase, experts agree that more information is needed about the implications of being overweight as a step toward reversing current trends. Now, a new University of Missouri study has found that overweight children, especially girls, show signs of the negative consequences of being overweight as early as kindergarten.

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