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Between 2 and 6 years of age is the critical window for rapid weight gain

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eMediNexus    07 October 2018

According to a study published October 4, 2018 in the New England Journal of Medicine, among obese adolescents, the most rapid weight gain had occurred between 2 and 6 years of age with a further rise in BMI percentile thereafter; most children who were obese at that age were obese in adolescence.

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