Overweight kids experience more loneliness, anxiety, MU study finds

		IMAGE: A new University of Missouri study has found that overweight children, especially girls, show signs of the negative consequences of overweight as early as kindergarten. Click here for more information.

COLUMBIA, Mo. - As childhood obesity rates continue to increase, experts agree that more information is needed about the implications of being overweight as a step toward reversing current trends. Now, a new University of Missouri study has found that overweight children, especially girls, show signs of the negative consequences of being overweight as early as kindergarten.