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More Than Half of U.S. Children Will Have Obesity as Adults If Current Trends Continue

Children's obesity predictions
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Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)—December 1, 2017

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By: Todd Datz

If current trends in child obesity continue, more than 57% of today’s children in the U.S. will have obesity at age 35, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

The study also found that excess weight in childhood is predictive of adult obesity, even among young children, and that only children currently at a healthy weighthave less than…

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