http://www.obesityrates.net Information about obesity rates and defeating this worldwide epidemic Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:52:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.obesityrates.net/teen-obesity-linked-to-stress/ http://www.obesityrates.net/teen-obesity-linked-to-stress/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 00:50:19 +0000 Obesity Watch http://www.obesityrates.net/?p=24 Much has been made about childhood obesity and diet.  But is there a stronger link to stress?  Recent studies are suggesting that correlation to stress levels, as opposed to diet, tend toward obesity.  Certainly, you have to believe that once a teen starts to become overweight, social anxiety multiplies dramatically.  Being overweight as generally the equivalent of social suicide, or a least pluralization.

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