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Childhood Obesity Indicates Greater Risk Of School Absenteeism, Study Reveals |
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Written by ScienceDaily: Obesity News
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Sunday, 12 August 2007 |
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In the first study of how weight may affect school attendance, researchers have found that overweight children are absent from school on average 20 percent more than their normal-weight peers. The study of more than a thousand 4th, 5th and 6th graders also determined that body mass index is as significant a factor in determining absenteeism from school as age, race, socioeconomic status and gender, formerly the four main predictors.
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