Infant BMI is good predictor of obesity at age two

Friday, April 22, 2016 - 08:50 in Health & Medicine

Babies with a high body mass index (BMI) at age two months are at risk for obesity at age two years, say pediatric researchers. The authors say that BMI better predicts early childhood obesity than weight-for-length, the current standard measurement.

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