We found that those people who were persistently overweight were more likely to not have gone on to have any further education beyond their high school; to be receiving welfare or unemployment compensation at age 40 and to have no current partner," said Clarke.

Clarke says the chronically overweight were 50 percent more likely to be unemployed, on welfare and single. Her study didn't address why, but Clarke suggests these adults probably experienced discrimination as children that diminished their self-esteem and, in turn, their aspirations.

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