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Where a teenage girl sees herself on her school's social ladder may sway her future weight, a study of more than 4,000 girls finds. Those who believed they were unpopular gained more weight over a two-year period than girls who viewed themselves as more popular. Researchers said the study showed how a girl's view of her social status has broader health consequences.

The girls in the study were still growing — their average age was 15 — and all of them gained some weight. However, those who rated themselves low in popularity were 69 percent more likely than other girls to increase their body mass index by two units, the equivalent of gaining about 11 excess pounds. (The body mass index, or BMI, is a calculation based on height and weight.)

Girls who put themselves on the higher rungs of popularity also gained some excess weight, but less — about 6 1/2 pounds.

Both groups, on average, fell within ranges considered normal. But a gain of two BMI units over two years is more than the typical weight gain for adolescent girls, the researchers said.

"How girls feel about themselves should be part of all obesity prevention strategies," said the study's lead author, Adina Lemeshow, who began the study as a Harvard School of Public Health graduate student. She now works at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

The research, appearing in January's Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, used data from an ongoing study used frequently by scientists studying childhood obesity.

Weight and height data were reported by the girls themselves rather than getting weighed and measured by doctors; that's a weakness in the study that the researchers acknowledged.

The researchers took into account the girls' weight and BMI at the start of the study, along with their diet, household income, race/ethnicity and whether they'd reached puberty — and still found the link.

In the study, perceived popularity was measured in 1999 by how the girls reacted to a question next to a picture of a 10-rung ladder: "At the top of the ladder are the people in your school with the most respect and the highest standing. At the bottom are the people who no one respects and no one wants to hang around with. Where would you place yourself on the ladder?"

The researchers put the girls into two groups: the 4,264 who said they were on rung 5 or above, and the 182 who said they were on rung 4 or below. The weight gain link was based on those two groups.

Clea McNeely of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health called the study strong. She said she wanted to know more about the 4 percent of girls who rated themselves below average in popularity, particularly whether they already were gaining weight faster before they rated themselves as unpopular.

"The reason this paper is so important is it has broader implications beyond weight gain," said McNeely, who was not involved in the research but wrote an accompanying editorial. "Subjective social status is not just an uncomfortable experience you grow out of, but can have important health consequences."

Experts know little about how to intervene in teenagers' peer groups to improve health, McNeely said, but when adults set standards in schools, students treat one another with more respect.

Teenagers may give grown-ups "bored looks," she said, but "adults are still the most important influential figures in their lives."

The study was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health.

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LMFAO! :lol:

When I first saw the thread title, I thought "Hey if fat = popular Im about to be on the cover of People magazine!" LOL! Eat your heart out Heidi Klum :lol:

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You're the one for me, fatty

You're the one i really, really love

And i will stay

Promise you'll say

If i'm in your way

You're the one for me, fatty

You're the one i really, really love

And i will stay

Promise you'll say

If i'm ever in your ...

A-hey

All over battersea

Some hope; and some despair

All over battersea

Some hope; and some despair

Oh ...

You're the one for me, fatty

You're the one i really, really love

And i will stay

Promise you'll say

If i'm in your way

You're the one for me, fatty

You're the one i really, really love

And i will stay

Promise you'll say

If i'm ever in your ...

A-hey

All over battersea

Some hope; and some despair

All over battersea

Some hope; and some despair

Oh, oh ...

You're the one for me, fatty

You're the one i really, really love

And i will stay

Promise you'll say

If i'm ever in your way

A-hey

You're the one for me, fatty

You're the one for me, a-hey-hey

A-hey

A-hey

A-hey

A-he-he-he-hey

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You're the one for me, fatty

You're the one i really, really love

And i will stay

Promise you'll say

If i'm in your way

You're the one for me, fatty

You're the one i really, really love

And i will stay

Promise you'll say

If i'm ever in your ...

A-hey

All over battersea

Some hope; and some despair

All over battersea

Some hope; and some despair

Oh ...

You're the one for me, fatty

You're the one i really, really love

And i will stay

Promise you'll say

If i'm in your way

You're the one for me, fatty

You're the one i really, really love

And i will stay

Promise you'll say

If i'm ever in your ...

A-hey

All over battersea

Some hope; and some despair

All over battersea

Some hope; and some despair

Oh, oh ...

You're the one for me, fatty

You're the one i really, really love

And i will stay

Promise you'll say

If i'm ever in your way

A-hey

You're the one for me, fatty

You're the one for me, a-hey-hey

A-hey

A-hey

A-hey

A-he-he-he-hey

It never ceases to creep me out how much music we have in common.

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It is disturbing. ;)

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and girls who gain weight may feel unpopular :thumbs:



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You're the one for me, fatty

You're the one i really, really love

And i will stay

Promise you'll say

If i'm in your way

You're the one for me, fatty

You're the one i really, really love

And i will stay

Promise you'll say

If i'm ever in your ...

A-hey

All over battersea

Some hope; and some despair

All over battersea

Some hope; and some despair

Oh ...

You're the one for me, fatty

You're the one i really, really love

And i will stay

Promise you'll say

If i'm in your way

You're the one for me, fatty

You're the one i really, really love

And i will stay

Promise you'll say

If i'm ever in your ...

A-hey

All over battersea

Some hope; and some despair

All over battersea

Some hope; and some despair

Oh, oh ...

You're the one for me, fatty

You're the one i really, really love

And i will stay

Promise you'll say

If i'm ever in your way

A-hey

You're the one for me, fatty

You're the one for me, a-hey-hey

A-hey

A-hey

A-hey

A-he-he-he-hey

See, I was thinking this one:

How can you stay with a fat girl who'll say:

"Would you like to marry me

and if you like you can buy the ring"

she doesn't care about anything

"Would you like to marry me

and if you like you can buy the ring"

I don't dream about anyone

except myself

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What is it about Morrissey and fat women?

From the ice-age to the dole-age

There is but one concern

I have just discovered :

Some girls are bigger than others

Some girls are bigger than others

Some girls mothers are bigger than

Other girls mothers

Some girls are bigger than others

Some girls are bigger than others

Some girls mothers are bigger than

Other girls mothers

As anthony said to cleopatra

As he opened a crate of ale :

Oh, I say :

Some girls are bigger than others

Some girls are bigger than others

Some girls mothers are bigger than

Other girls mothers

Some girls are bigger than others

Some girls are bigger than others

Some girls mothers are bigger than

Other girls mothers

Send me the pillow ...

The one that you dream on ...

Send me the pillow ...

The one that you dream on ...

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See, I was thinking this one:

How can you stay with a fat girl who'll say:

"Would you like to marry me

and if you like you can buy the ring"

she doesn't care about anything

"Would you like to marry me

and if you like you can buy the ring"

I don't dream about anyone

except myself

Oooo I love that one!

*Alexandra*

(I did it)

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