Medicine

Long-term impact of overweight and obesity in childhood and adolescence on morbidity and premature mortality in adulthood: systematic review

J. Reilly, J. S. Kelly

2011.7.1INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2010.222

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A relatively large and fairly consistent body of evidence now demonstrates that overweight and obesity in childhood and adolescence have adverse consequences on premature mortality and physical morbidity in adulthood.

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REILLY, J.; KELLY, J. S. Long-term impact of overweight and obesity in childhood and adolescence on morbidity and premature mortality in adulthood: Systematic review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY, 2011, 35: 891–898.