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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

PTI Published : May 03, 2014 10:53 IST, Updated : May 03, 2014 11:09 IST



The study looked at 1,213 African-American girls and 1,166 white girls living in Northern California, Cincinnati and Washington, DC, 58 percent of whom had been told they were too fat at age 10.

Overall, the girls labeled fat were 1.66 times more likely than the other girls to be obese at 19, the researchers found.

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