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 “certainly” showed poor hand control and tripled for those who were clumsy.
I have to wonder if this obesity might be caused by the adults abstaining from physical activities because of their clumsiness (kind of hard to play tennis or run as you’re tripping over your own two feet), but hey, what do I know?
For the whole article recap, read here. And a special shout-out to Marijke at Womb Within and Help My Hurt for pointing this article out to me. You can also see her take on these findings right here.
