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January 25, 2005
By age 6, children of overweight mothers are also prone to obesity
From Eureka Newsfeed:
By age six, children of overweight mothers are fifteen times more likely to be obese than children of lean mothers. The research, at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania, showed the strength of genetic influences, and suggests that efforts to prevent obesity should focus on such children at risk, preferably by four years of age. National Institutes of Health Read more from this post.
Posted on January 25, 2005 01:39 AM
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