Excessive Weight Gain

A new study suggests that the path toward childhood obesity is set by the age of five. Researchers tracked 233 children from birth through puberty. They found that though birth weights were similar to weight from 25 years ago, children born today are fatter at puberty than children born in the 1980s. More important, experts say, is the fact that most excess weight is gained by a child before they reach school age. The study's authors say that strategies to prevent obesity may need to start at th... Read more »