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Topic: Childhood Obesity News - Professors to conduct study to reduce childhood obesity - The Daily Beacon

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Consent forms were sent to the parents of all 8,500 children who participated in DI last year, according to Costello, who expects between 4,000 and 4,500 of these to participate in the research. Confidence level will be assessed according to the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status, in which parents and children will be asked to place themselves on a ladder, the top of the ladder representing the people they think are the best. While being active and busy is a huge part of the health of DI children, the relationships they form with other children and with adults contributes to their self-esteem and confidence, Wayne said. Can you then, in a couple of years, create a structure to tell parents ‘the more you’re involved with your kids, the better their health is going to be? Read Childhood Obesity

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