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Overweight Girls May Have More Behavior Problems

datePosted on 00:00, August 10th, 2008 by admin

On onlinenews.com there are talking about a research that Overweight Girls May Have More Behavior Problems.

In the article they say that Overweight girls, but not boys, may be more likely to have behavioral problems when they start kindergarten, these according to the results of a nationwide study.

But they are also talking about boys.

Overall, boys of all sizes were more likely to have behavior problems than girls, as reported by their parents and teachers.

But among girls, those who were overweight were about 50 percent to 80 percent more likely to have behavioral problems than girls who were not overweight. Among boys, weight was not associated with any significant behavioral differences.

You can read the full research details on here behavior problems

 

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