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The Journal of Nutrition Vol. 127 No. 9 September 1997, pp. 1884S-1886S
Copyright ©1997 by the American Society for Nutritional Sciences

Periods of Risk in Childhood for the Development of Adult Obesity --- What Do We Need to Learn?

William H. Dietz

New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111

The prenatal period, the period of adiposity rebound and adolescence appear to represent critical periods for the development of obesity that persists into adulthood. Nonetheless, relatively little is known about the extent to which incident obesity at each of these intervals contributes to the prevalence of adult obesity. Similarly, little is known about the mechanisms that operate at each of these critical periods to entrain adult obesity.

Key words: obesity, childhood, adolescence, critical periods.




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