Thursday, July 12, 2007

Article: Overweight kids face early stigma, long-term problems

Article: Overweight kids face early stigma, long-term problems

From: CNN.com/health online news

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/diet.fitness/07/12/diet.fatchildren.ap/index.html

Story Highlights
Kids as young as three more likely to think overweight kids are mean, stupid
Study finds overweight kids also face bias from parents, teachers and doctors
More efforts needed to protect obese kids from abuse, researcher says
Almost 50 percent of U.S. kids will be overweight by 2010, she says

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