MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Childhood obesity

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Childhood obesity

Studies indicate obese children overwhelmingly tend to stay overweight into adulthood.

Update Date: 1/24/2006

Updated by: Benjamin W. Van Voorhees, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine andPediatrics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Review provided byVeriMed Healthcare Network.

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