Predicting Obesity in Young Adulthood from Childhood and Parental Obesity
Robert C. Whitaker(Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center), Jeffrey A. Wright(University of Washington), Margaret S. Pepe(Fred Hutch Cancer Center), Kristy Seidel(Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South Africa), William H. Dietz(Tufts Medical Center)
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Abstract
Background Childhood obesity increases the risk of obesity in adulthood, but how parental obesity affects the chances of a child's becoming an obese adult is unknown. We investigated the risk of obesity in young adulthood associated with both obesity in childhood and obesity in one or both parents.
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