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Predicting risk of later obesity from the first day of life

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Obesity is a considerable threat to the future health of our children. Data from a large prospective cohort study have now led to the generation of a simple tool that can be used in the neonatal period to identify babies at the highest risk of developing obesity later in life. Will this tool prove useful or not?

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  1. Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute at The Royal Children's Hospital, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, 3052, VIC, Australia

    Matthew A. Sabin

  2. Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine and Department of Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20520, Turku, Finland

    Markus Juonala

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Sabin, M., Juonala, M. Predicting risk of later obesity from the first day of life. Nat Rev Endocrinol 9, 136–138 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2013.16

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