Tool Enables Doctors to ID Babies at Risk of Obesity, Study Says (UCSF - University of California, San Francisco)

(Source: UCSF - University of California, San Francisco) Newborns who are heavier than average and gain weight rapidly in the first six months of life face a heightened chance of obesity by the time they are old enough for kindergarten, according to a study published on March 4, 2016, in TheJournal of Pediatrics. This conclusion emerged from an obesity-risk algorithm developed by UCSF researchers, who evaluated demographic data, body measurements and nutrition patterns of Latino children in the San Francisco Bay Area. The researchers recruited and tracked pregnant Latina women and their offspring at UCSF Medical Center and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. Of the...