A study found that "overweight 5 year olds were four times as likely as normal-weight children to become obese."
February 4/Beverly Hills, Calif./PRNewswire -- Can an obese adult's condition be pre-determined as early as five years old? A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine of over 7,000 kindergarten children found that "overweight 5 year olds were four times as likely as normal-weight children to become obese." The study reflects the experience of doctors at the Khalili Center, a multi-disciplinary bariatric and general surgery practice in Beverly Hills, Calif., whose patients tell stories of a lifetime of being overweight.
Dr. G. Kai Nishi, a bariatric and general surgeon with the Khalili Center, is not at all surprised by the results of this study: "It is rare that an obese patient tells me that they have only recently gained the majority of their weight. In fact, the majority of my patients have struggled with being overweight or obese for most of their lives."