Beware! Calling young girls 'Fat' might make them obese (see pics)
Do you often hear your parent, sibling, friend, classmate or teacher call you 'fat'? Be cautious as simply being called 'fat' makes young girls more likely to become obese.According to a study, girls who are
They also found that as the number people who told a girl she was fat increased, so did the likelihood that she would be obese nine years later.
It means it is not just that heavier girls are called too fat and are still heavy years later; being labeled as too fat is creating an additional likelihood of being obese, said co-author Jeffrey Hunger, a graduate student at UC Santa Barbara.