Children with low self-control more likely to become overweight preteens

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - 09:42 in Psychology & Sociology

Young children who do not display an ability to regulate their behaviour or to delay gratification in exchange for a larger reward appear predisposed to gain extra weight by their pre-teen years, according to two reports published in the April issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...

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