Tuesday 8 July 2014

Having an Obese Sibling Increases Childhood Obesity Risk

A joint study conducted by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, Cornell University, and Duke University and published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine has found that having an obese sibling can also increase the obesity risk of other siblings. By surveying adults in 10,244 American households, investigators found that the likelihood of childhood obesity varies with the number of children in a household, as well as their gender. According ...

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