Word: overweighted
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Children in the upper half of the normal weight range are at an increased risk for becoming overweight, obese, and hypertensive later on in life, according to a study published this month by researchers at Harvard Medical School (HMS), Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Department of Ambulatory Care, and Prevention and Children’s Hospital Boston...
...male participants and almost a quarter of the female participants became overweight or obese...
According to the study, girls and boys with BMIs between the 50th and 74th percentiles were five times more likely than their thinner peers—children who had a BMI that fell below the 50th percentile—to become overweight later in life...
...boys and girls with even higher BMIs—between the 75th and 84th percentiles—were up to 20 times more likely than those below the 50th percentile to become overweight at the time of their follow-up appointments...
Previous research has already demonstrated that children who are overweight or obese are at an increased risk for being overweight and obese as adults...