According to a novel study, which was carried out by researchers from Australia’s University of Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital, it has been revealed that Obesity, the traumatizing state of being overweight which can lead to many perilous heath disorders, can seriously spike youngsters susceptibility to developing a socially secluded life down to their grade-school epoch.

Dr. Michael G. Sawyer, study lead and a Professor and Head of University’s Research and Evaluation Unit, revealed the findings, claiming that at the age of 4 and 5, as many as 13% of boys and 16% of girls were identified struggling from obesity. The classification was based on height and weight of the children who participated in the study.

During the course of study, researchers tracked in excess of 3,300 Australian kids over a brief period of four years, during which as they moved on from preschool to higher early grades.

Researchers revealed that youngsters, who were finding it hard to cope with the pathetic obese situation against their counterparts of similar age group, were as much as 20% more vulnerable to encounter devastating and demoralizing troubles in various elementary relationships, including friendship, near the age of 8 and 9, as compared against kids having normal-weight.