Nutrition Resources

The flip side to feeling pressured to be thin is having legitimate concerns about overweight that adults dismiss by saying, "It's just baby fat" or "You'll grow into your weight." Most girls reach almost their full height once they start to menstruate, notes Kleinman.

Although boys usually don't stop growing until age 18, data from a study suggest that adolescent obesity cane carry serious lifelong health consequences for them.

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