Overweight kids face widespread stigma
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070712/ap_on_he_me/diet_fat_children"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070712/capt.4318ca0e7e7644a3b734c99c04d3fd4f.diet_fat_children_pagw201.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=N_iTGH1NpV4yJcvdTJd70w--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Lynn McAfee, 58, of Stowe, Pa., sits before mirrors in a Pottstown hair salon on Wednesday, July 11, 2007. McAfee says she was teased as a kid for being overweight. Overweight children are stigmatized by their peers as early as age 3 and even face bias from their parents and teachers, giving them a quality of life comparable to people with cancer, a new analysis concludes.(AP Photo/George Widman)" border="0" /></a>AP - Overweight children are stigmatized by their peers as early as age 3 and even face bias from their parents and teachers, giving them a quality of life comparable to people with cancer, a new analysis concludes.</p><br clear="all"/>

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