Low self-esteem leads to obesity

Wrong.

"Children with self-esteem problems are more likely to be obese as adults, a research team has found.

A study of 6,500 participants in the 1970 British Birth Cohort Study found that 10-year-olds with lower self esteem tended to be fatter as adults...

Professor David Collier, who led the research, said: 'What's novel about this study is that obesity has been regarded as a medical metabolic disorder - what we've found is that emotional problems are a risk factor for obesity.

'This is not about people with deep psychological problems, all the anxiety and low self-esteem were within the normal range.'"

Only one thing leads to overweight/obesity.

More Calories in than out.

As to the research, the best these folks could come up with is that kids "within the normal range" got too fat.

Maybe they are wrong in declaring what is "normal."

And maybe they are as wrong about what is "normal" as they are about what causes overfatness.

That's where my money is.