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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Overweight boys may start puberty later than their leaner peers, new research shows.The link between higher body mass index (BMI) -- a standard measure of the relationship between height and weight used to gauge how fat or ...

Except for a marginal increase in peer victimization, children who are short in stature do not seem to have any added emotional or behavioral problems compared to non-short peers, according to a study published online Aug. 17 in Pediatrics.. Joyce M. Lee, ...

For parents who worry that their short child will be psychologically damaged from merciless teasing, a new study provides reassurance that there will likely be no lasting effects from any exposure to short jokes.. Lee and her colleagues undertook this study because ...

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