Association of childhood obesity with risk of early all-cause and cause-specific mortality: A Swedish prospective cohort study.
BACKGROUND:Pediatric obesity is associated with increased risk of premature death from middle age onward, but whether the risk is already increased in young adulthood is unclear. The aim was to investigate whether individuals who had obesity in childhood have an increased mortality risk in young adu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-03-01
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| Series: | PLoS Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003078 |