Higher childhood BMI associated with greater body dissatisfaction at age 14 in both boys and girls

Children who follow higher trajectories of body mass index (BMI) and fat mass index across childhood report greater body dissatisfaction at age 14, in both boys and girls, according to a new study published in PLOS One by Dr. Madelaine Davies Kellock, a research fellow at University College London, U.K., and colleagues.

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