The United States, a new University of Missouri Research discovered that as early as the kindergarten stage of overweight children can be, especially girls have a negative self-emotions. Research published in the latest issue of a journal.

responsible for the study of the University of Missouri College of Human Environmental Sciences, said Sarah Gable, Associate Professor, and compared with normal weight children, overweight children from the kindergarten will have a weight problem due to depression, anxiety and loneliness, etc. emotions, and this sentiment with the passage of time will be further strengthened.

currently overweight people generally have bias, it tends to make it have a negative mood, and even this phenomenon is also prevalent in children. The researchers used the United States the development of an early childhood longitudinal study (ECLS-K) method, the 8000 primary and secondary schools from kindergarten to third grade children's social behavior were observed. The results showed that overweight girls and has never been compared to those from kindergarten to third grade has been progressively overweight and overweight girls were considered to be not more accessible. At the same time, teachers also indicated that such children in social interaction and self-control does not and has never been overweight girls. The vast majority of children, particularly girls, while noting their weight and not the same as when the majority of students will feel the pressure and negative emotions, this trend is not brought under control in time may lead to psychological disorders.

Gable said, most of the existing external social pressures can be attributed to以貌取人. Future research, they will also develop standards for the operation of the child's weight classification, and to establish mechanisms for effective interventions. Due to the prevalence of the phenomenon, such an intervention mechanism will apply to all groups. And adopted children should be learning the necessary knowledge to understand, to establish a correct concept, to develop a healthy lifestyle.