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Stressed mothers may raise fat children: study

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Millions of poor children in the United States may be getting fat before age 10 because their mothers are stressed out and the youngsters seek escape in unhealthy comfort food, researchers said on Tuesday. <p><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/topNews?a=15s3Ag"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/topNews?i=15s3Ag" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/topNews?a=l1URQL"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/topNews?i=l1URQL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/topNews?a=QqE56l"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/topNews?i=QqE56l" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/topNews?a=dTGwBl"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/topNews?i=dTGwBl" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/381026539" height="1" width="1"/>