Parental Pressure On Teens To Diet Or Lose Weight May Boost Teens’ Odds For Obesity Later In Life, Study Indicates

reports that parental pressure on teens “to diet or lose weight may end up harming them,” researchers concluded after examining “data from surveys completed by more than 1,100 adolescents from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area from 1998 to 1999,” then having respondents “fill out follow-up surveys at five-year intervals beginning in 2003, until they entered their 30s.” The study revealed that “parents who urge their kids to diet might actually be boosting their odds for obesity later in life.” The findings were published online in the Journal of Adolescent Health. https://consumer.healthday.com/kids-health-information-23/adolescents-and-teen-health-news-719/pressuring-kids-to-diet-can-backfire-damaging-long-term-health-751019.html