New research documents increasing obesity among infants

Posted on: August 9th, 2006
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“Our obesity prevention efforts need to start at the earliest stages of human development”

“The data showed that in 1980, just 3.4 percent of infants less than 6 months old were overweight. By 2001, it was 5.9 percent, and researchers think the trend has continued since.

The findings did not surprise several Chicago-area pediatricians. “Across the board, we’re seeing heavier infants, especially in our Hispanic and African-American families,” said Sam Grief, a family physician at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center.”

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