"Stress may indeed be a direct contributor to childhood obesity. That's according to a new Iowa State University study finding that increased levels of stress in adolescents are associated with a greater likelihood of them being overweight or obese."Not hardly.
"'It could possibly be that the obesity is leading to these stressors too,' Lohman said. 'And so the work that we're doing right now looks at which one of these is really coming first: the stressors or the obesity. We know that it is cyclical and that all of these factors just compound on each other.'"So the piglets may get fat first, then get "stressed."
Wonder what it can be about being a fat kid that is stressful.
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The researchers did find a miracle - too few Calories leading to overweight/obesity.
"The study also found that a mother's stress, coupled with food insecurity in the household -- a situation in which an individual cannot access enough food to sustain active, healthy living -- contributes to a child's chances of becoming overweight or obese."Must be the really special loaves and fish in those households.
Great research, folks.
Not.
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