Lack of Safety at School and Poverty Linked to Childhood Obesity (IMAGE)

University of Montreal

Lack of Safety at School and Poverty Linked to Childhood Obesity

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A lack of safety at school is one of the correlates of childhood obesity, say researchers at the University of Montreal and its affiliated Research Centre at CHU Sainte Justine children's hospital. "Childhood obesity is caused and sustained by a complex range of factors. Our research reveals a complex intertwining of feelings of being unsafe and poverty with obesity," explained senior author Dr. Tracie Barnett. "Surprisingly, we have found that although victimization at school is linked to childhood obesity and more screen-time, screen-time itself was not correlated with obesity. This suggests a key role for feeling unsafe and victimization in perpetuating obesity."

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