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Preventing Childhood Obesity: Maternal/Child Life Course Approach

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    Preventing Childhood Obesity: Maternal/Child Life Course Approach

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    Childhood obesity has major implications for the physical and psychosocial well-being of millions of children and youth living in the United States. Recent research shows that obesity may be very difficult to reverse if children are obese by 5 years of age. This report reviews the scientific evidence on what is known about early determinants of child obesity. 

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