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

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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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