You mean it is not genetics, infections, ethnicity, culture, school lunches, proximity to grocery stores, etc.?
Children who were rated higher in self-control at age 9 years were less likely to be overweight at age 15 years than their less well-controlled peers, investigators reported in a prospective, longitudinal study published in the July issue of the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. The relationship between weight and self-control remained significant even after controlling for a number of confounding variables. The authors suggested that greater impulse control and skill at delaying gratification helped the children maintain a healthy weight in adolescence.
Go figger.
"The capacity to resist immediate temptations to act in one's best long-term interests is among the most important developmental milestones in the social development of children."
And adults.
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