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Overall quality of life is often worse with increasing obesity, and obese people experience prejudice and discrimination. Children who are overweight are often seen as lazy and unmotivated and may have lower self-esteem and experience depression. Recent research has found that children who are overweight tend to have fewer friends and social networks.
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