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Overweight kids face widespread stigma (AP)

Lynn McAfee, 58, of Stowe, Pa., sits before mirrors in a Pottstown hair salon on Wednesday, July 11, 2007. McAfee says she was teased as a kid for being overweight. Overweight children are stigmatized by their peers as early as age 3 and even face bias from their parents and teachers, giving them a quality of life comparable to people with cancer, a new analysis concludes.(AP Photo/George Widman)AP - Overweight children are stigmatized by their peers as early as age 3 and even face bias from their parents and teachers, giving them a quality of life comparable to people with cancer, a new analysis concludes.


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