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Obesity gets early start The majority of obese children gain most of their excess weight before they begin formal schooling, according to new resear

In a study of 233 children from birth to puberty, researchers from EarlyBird Diabetes found that the weight of a child at five years old had little correlation to their birth weight, but those who were obese at this age retained similar problems at age nine. Researchers claimed that 90% of obese girls’ weight was…

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