Predicting obesity in young adulthood from childhood and parental obesity.
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Summary
Obese children under three years of age without obese parents are at low risk for obesity in adulthood, but among older children, obesity is an increasingly important predictor of adult obesity, regardless of whether the parents are obese.
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- article
- Published
- 1997-09-25
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- 1,864
- References
- 29
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- Open access
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Keywords
Obesity, Medicine, Childhood obesity, Young adult, Adolescent Obesity
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