"Overweight kids particularly are susceptible to (frenemies) because they are already in positions where they feel like they have to fight to belong, so they are more likely to accept the treatment of a friend who puts them down." Two separate studies published in June support Averill's idea that overweight or obese children are more likely to have "frenemies" than non-overweight children. Why overweight children are more likely to have 'frenemies'For the new Plos One study, de la Haye and her colleagues analyzed data on 504 children from 28 separate primary education classrooms in the Netherlands. The researchers found that overweight children not only were less likely overall to be nominated as a friend than their non-overweight classmates, they were 1.65 times more likely to be disliked. The children were shown images of other children, of various weight sizes, for 350 milliseconds.

Source: CNN July 07, 2017 08:03 UTC