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Canada?s boys are three times more likely than girls to be obese, according to new research that is exposing alarming and lopsided gender differences in the nation?s childhood obesity rates.
A new Statistics Canada report finds that 19.5 per cent of boys aged five to 11 are obese, compared to 6.3 per cent of girls of the same ages.
Experts say that it?s long been recognized that obesity tends to occur in higher rates in boys than girls, ?but certainly not as in-your-face as those numbers are,? said Dr. Katherine Morrison, medical director of the metabolism, obesity and health program at McMaster Children?s Hospital in Hamilton, Ont.
?I don?t recall levels looking at three times higher, as we?re seeing here,? she said.
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/...r+among+Canadian+boys+than/7274301/story.html
A new Statistics Canada report finds that 19.5 per cent of boys aged five to 11 are obese, compared to 6.3 per cent of girls of the same ages.
Experts say that it?s long been recognized that obesity tends to occur in higher rates in boys than girls, ?but certainly not as in-your-face as those numbers are,? said Dr. Katherine Morrison, medical director of the metabolism, obesity and health program at McMaster Children?s Hospital in Hamilton, Ont.
?I don?t recall levels looking at three times higher, as we?re seeing here,? she said.
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/...r+among+Canadian+boys+than/7274301/story.html