A new study from the University of Helsinki in Finland links low birth rates in adults to unhealthy BMIs in teenagers. BMI means body mass index, and is a measure of how much fat is in the body.

Teenagers whose BMIs were either too low or too high were more likely to experience fertility problems as adults and less likely to be married.

Dr. Liisa Keltikangas-Javinen tracked the weights of 1300 people ages 3 to 18 years in 1980. She found that those with too low BMIs had 10 to 16% fewer children, and those who were overweight had 32 to 38% fewer children.

This study appears in the journal Epidemiology.

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Labels: teenagers, effects_of_eating_disorders, fertility

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