The Deep Rooted Channels of Obesity

For many obese adults, obesity was a predisposition at the age of 5 years old.

A recent study of more than 7,000 children has found that a third of children who were overweight in kindergarten were obese by eighth grade.

“What is striking is the relative decrease in incidence after that initial blast of obesity that occurs by age 5. It is almost as if, if you can make it to kindergarten without the weight, your chances are immensely better.”  — Dr. Jeffrey P. Koplan, Vice President of the Emory Global Health Institute in Atlanta

Overweight and obesity are chief risk factors for a number of chronic diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease and cancer.

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