Onset of obesity in a 36 year birth cohort study
1986
Braddon, F.E.M. | Rodgers, B. | Wadsworth, M.E.J. | Davies, J.M.C.
Data on the change in prevalence of obesity with age and for individual differences in the course and pattern of obesity are presented from a longitudinal study designed to assess the predictability of childhood obesity in adult life for a large cohort of children who were followed from birth to 36 years of age. The study revealed that only 21 per cent of the obese 36-year-olds were obese at age 11. The implications of the observed inaccuracy in the prediction of adult obesity from childhood obesity and the need for developing preventive measures are discussed.(wz)
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