Obesity at an early age puts children at greater risk for other health conditions, including diseases normally seen in adults.

Researchers in Kaiser Permanente Southern California are discovering new links through a childhood obesity study funded by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

“Childhood obesity, especially extreme childhood obesity, raises risk for a number of other conditions,” said Research Scientist Corinna Koebnick, PhD, MSc, principal investigator for the childhood obesity study. “What we are finding points to a need to evaluate the benefit of screening children who are extremely obese for diseases not normally seen as pediatric conditions.”

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