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Teenagers who think they are overweight, even if they aren't, are far more likely to grow up to be obese, researchers warned today.
They say that obsession with body image as a teen can influence our weight when we are older far more than previously thought.
'Perceiving themselves as fat even though they are not may actually cause normal weight children to become obese as adults,' says Koenraad Cuypers, a researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, where the study was carried out.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...eal-teens-attitude-body-influence-weight.html
They say that obsession with body image as a teen can influence our weight when we are older far more than previously thought.
'Perceiving themselves as fat even though they are not may actually cause normal weight children to become obese as adults,' says Koenraad Cuypers, a researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, where the study was carried out.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...eal-teens-attitude-body-influence-weight.html