Is Your Daughter Obese? She May Be Less Likely to Attend College
Yes, you read that right. Obese girls are less likely to attend college, according to recent findings from the University of Texas.
Researchers tracked about 11,000 teens in the US using population center data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and found that in addition to being less likely to go to university, obese girls were also more likely to consider suicide, abuse drugs and alcohol, and have a negative self-image.
The results point toward a serious negative impact on self-perception resulting from their body image.
I wonder what Joy Nash would have to say about this…
Adapted from a UT press release
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4 opinions for Is Your Daughter Obese? She May Be Less Likely to Attend College
Elastic Waist
Jul 25, 2007 at 9:05 pm
This is sad to hear. I wonder what other factors were affecting these girls’ decisions to not attend college; I am sure it could be a lot of things besides body image.
Kristen King
Jul 26, 2007 at 3:36 pm
I’m sure there are other contributing factors that the researchers can’t control for, but I don’t think we can discount the impact body image has on the rest of our lives. People with poor body image tend to have lower self-confidence in general, to have a poor sense of self-worth and to think they’re less smart and less important than others. Those could play a huge impact on the decision to bypass college.
kk
cindy bates
Feb 5, 2008 at 3:48 pm
I think being heavy definantly holds a teen back from enjoying the world!
Kristen King
Feb 5, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Thanks for commenting, Cindy!
kk
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