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With more children in the neighbourhood, neighbours engage in more inter-ethnic contacts. This integrating function of children is not limited to parents – all residents of neighbourhoods where many children live report more inter-ethnic exchange. This is the result of Merlin Schaeffer’s analysis of telephone interviews with 7.500 adults.

Fettleibige Kinder haben schlechtere Mathematiknoten und besuchen seltener ein Gymnasium, zeigt eine neue Studie des WZB. Sie belegt erstmals für Deutschland, dass Fettleibigkeit (Adipositas) unabhängig vom sozialen Status der Eltern Einfluss auf den Schulerfolg hat. Bisher war nur bekannt, dass Menschen mit niedriger Bildung eher zu Übergewicht neigen. In Deutschland sind 15 Prozent der Kinder und Jugendlichen zwischen 3 und 17 Jahren übergewichtig, etwa 6 Prozent fettleibig.

Children who are extremely overweight achieve lower math grades and attend German upper secondary school (Gymnasium) less frequently, is shown by a study, undertaken by the WZB Berlin Social Science Center (WZB). For the first time, it has been proved  that obesity regardless of the students social background influences school performance. Previously, it was only known that people with lower education had a tendency  to suffer from weight issues. In Germany 15 percent of children and young people between the ages of  3 to 17 are overweight, and about 6 percent are obese.