Sombeech
07-30-2007, 12:22 PM
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,695195608,00.html
Young women who are obese are half as likely to go to college as those who are not, according to research from the University of Texas at Austin. And they're even less likely to go to college if they attend a high school where most girls are slimmer, according to the research, published in the journal Sociology of Education.
The researchers looked at data on 11,000 American adolescents taken from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.
Young women who are obese are half as likely to go to college as those who are not, according to research from the University of Texas at Austin. And they're even less likely to go to college if they attend a high school where most girls are slimmer, according to the research, published in the journal Sociology of Education.
The researchers looked at data on 11,000 American adolescents taken from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.