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      Social and economic consequences of overweight in adolescence and young adulthood.

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          Overweight in adolescents may have deleterious effects on their subsequent self-esteem, social and economic characteristics, and physical health. We studied the relation between overweight and subsequent educational attainment, marital status, household income, and self-esteem in a nationally representative sample of 10,039 randomly selected young people who were 16 to 24 years old in 1981. Follow-up data were obtained in 1988 for 65 to 79 percent of the original cohort, depending on the variable studied. The characteristics of the subjects who had been overweight in 1981 were compared with those for young people with asthma, musculoskeletal abnormalities, and other chronic health conditions. Overweight was defined as a body-mass index above the 95th percentile for age and sex.

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          Journal
          N Engl J Med
          The New England journal of medicine
          Massachusetts Medical Society
          0028-4793
          0028-4793
          Sep 30 1993
          : 329
          : 14
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115.
          Article
          10.1056/NEJM199309303291406
          8366901
          820bc9af-abec-4176-a3cf-44a17b795c36
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