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Poll of nursery teachers reveals kids as young as three are unhappy with their bodies and ‘feel fat and ugly’

Survey also found kids had been seen to reject food at school or nursery because they were worried it would make them obese

KIDS as young as three are showing signs of being unhappy with their bodies, a poll suggests.

Almost a third of nursery and school staff said they had heard a child label themselves fat.

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Almost a third of nursery staff have heard a child label themselves as fatCredit: Getty Images

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Ten per cent had heard one say they felt ugly.

Nearly a quarter of staff had “seen signs” kids aged between three and five were “unhappy with their appearance or bodies”.

That doubled to nearly half for six to ten-year-olds in the poll of 361 carers at the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY).

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