Young children with persistent severe obesity could have half average life expectancy, study finds

Young children with persistent severe obesity could have half average life expectancy, study finds

Research finds four-year-old boy who remains severely obese into adulthood has life expectancy of 39

Children who are severely obese could have just half the average life expectancy if they don’t lose weight in adulthood, according to a study.

Research suggests that a severely obese four-year-old boy has a life expectancy of 39, half that of a boy the same age with a healthy weight in the UK.

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