Child obesity fuelled by stress response

CBC News

Children who struggle with stress by heading for the cookie jar are more likely to gain body fat, a finding that shows why it’s important to handle stress in more positive ways, European researchers say.

At Tuesday’s European Congress on Obesity held in Sofia, Bulgaria, researchers presented a study on the link between children's stress, hormones, diet and increasing body fat or adiposity.

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