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Fewer obese girls choose college.(NEWSWATCH)
Obese girls are 50% less likely to attend college than non-obese girls, according to a study at the University of Texas at Austin.
The study tracked 11,000 U.S. adolescents and found that obese girls are even less likely to go to college if they attend a high school where obesity is uncommon. The negative correlation of obesity and college enrollment was even more severe in non-whites and ...
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