Will Clumsy = Chubby?
August 14, 2008 by Liberty Kontranowski
Filed under Boys & Girls, Children, Diets and Dieting, Fitness, Health, Obesity, Science
If “Swift” and “Grace” were your nicknames as a kid, and nobody could ever accuse you of being particularly dexterous, guess what? That could spell trouble for you in adulthood. Because according to a British study, children who are clumsy and have poor hand control may be more likely to become obese as adults.
This finding is based on the tests of around 11,000 people who were assessed in hand control, coordination, and clumsiness at age 7 and 11, then followed until they were 33. The result? The risk of becoming obese as adults more than doubled in the seven-year-olds who …read more
