Diet & Nutrition

Cereal maker's research shows girls who eat cereal are less obese

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, September 26th, 2005

In a nationwide study to be published in the September 2005 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers following more than 2,000 girls over a 10-year period from childhood through adolescence found that girls who frequently eat cereal weigh less on average than girls who do not eat cereal.

Nearly 1 in 3 adolescent girls is overweight or obese in the U.S. Adolescence is a critical developmental stage in a teenaged girl's life when becoming overweight can lead to a lifetime struggle with weight. Research shows that being overweight as a child can lead to obesity as an adult. Research also shows that teen girls who are overweight may have...

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