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In a first ever prospectively evaluated research study it was revealed that there exists a strong relationship between the subjective social status in the school community and change in the Body Mass Index (BMI) of the adolescent girls. The higher a teenage girl would perceive herself to be on the social status level the lower will be the possibili

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    engineer9 months ago

    I'm not surprised. One reason is that healthy foods are more expensive.

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