The development of youth-onset severe obesity in urban US girls
Conclusions Youth-onset severe obesity warrants particular concern in urban girls due to high prevalence and an increasing secular prevalence trend. Late childhood and early adolescence may represent a key developmental window for prevention and treatment, but is too late to prevent youth-onset severe obesity entirely.
Source: Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology - Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research
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