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Childhood obesity indicates greater risk of school absenteeism, Penn study reveals
08-10-2007 · EurekAlert!In the first study of how weight may affect school attendance, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University have found that overweight children are absent from school on average 20 percent more than their normal-weight peersThe 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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