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Pediatric Obesity:

Childhood obesity may begin much earlier within the life-course than previously believed. Rapid growth in the infancy (birth to age 2) is related to a greater risk of the later life obesity; subsequently, overweight school-age children are frequently become overweight adolescents and, in turn, overweight adults. Once obesity appears, obesity tends to stay throughout life; thus, early detection and control is critical to prevent the obesity epidemic. Different reference standards are available to live pediatric obesity; most are defined by a selected score (i.e. centile, or the percentage) which is then compared to a growth threshold limit indicating weight status. The commonly used reference standards to determine pediatric obesity classifications are: Centers for Disease Control (CDC) weight-for-length growth charts, World Health Organization (WHO) Body Mass Index charts, and the UK90 BMI reference centile curves.

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