Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Fast Baby Weight Gain Predicts baby Obesity

“Bigger babies are more likely to become obese,” exclaims the Daily Mail, also reporting that parents should not assume their overweight children “are going to grow out of it”.
This study measured the weight and length of over 44,000 infants at six-monthly intervals between ages one and 24 months. Children who moved up more than two weight categories in early life were more likely to be obese at age five and 10. These children were more than twice as likely to be obese by............
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