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Question: Among 0- to 2-year-old children attending well-child clinics, does crossing two or more major weight-for-length percentile lines increase the likelihood of obesity at 5 and 10 years of age?
Question type: Causation
Study design: Retrospective cohort
Investigators from the Obesity Prevention Program at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute in Boston collected data on 1,649,123 well-child visits by 244,562 children at 14 health centers in eastern Massachusetts from January 1985 through December 2008. To be included in the analysis, children needed at least two length and weight measurements within at least one of four six-month intervals in the first 24 months of life (1–6, 6–12, 12–18, and 18–24 months). Centers …
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