Taller the children, higher the risk of developing obesity: Study
Children who are relatively tall for their age have a higher risk of developing obesity, according to a new study published in Obesity.;
New York- Increased Height may have its negative effects. Researchers have found that greater childhood height‐for‐age before 12 years of age may be a marker for increased risk of subsequent obesity.
Several cross‐sectional studies have shown that height in childhood is correlated with BMI and with body fatness, and two longitudinal studies have reported that childhood height is associated with adult BMI. This study explored this longitudinal association in an electronic health record database of 2.8 million children.
Earlier studies have shown that height in childhood is correlated with body mass index (BMI) and with body fatness."As about half of this association is independent of the initial body mass index of the child, the use of height may be a simple way to more accurately classify which children will become obese," said study lead author David S Freedman from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US.
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