Two phases of childhood obesity
Research reported in the International Journal of Obesity, which compares the obesity data in the 1980s with 307 present-day children, suggests that there may be two distinct phases of childhood obesity; one operating selectively according to parental BMI during early childhood, the second more generally in puberty and influenced more by peer-group factors. The finding suggests that different approaches may be needed to tackle the different phases of the problem.
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Two phases of childhood obesity
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