January 16, 2013

Childhood obesity calculator may be most accurate predictor yet

Researchers say they can predict a newborn baby's odds of becoming an obese child using a simple new calculation.

The new formula factors in six easily-available pieces of information: a child's birth weight, body mass index measurements of its parents, the number of people in the household, what type of occupation the mother has and whether or not she smoked while pregnant.

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