Chubby Toddlers Don't Always Outgrow Baby Fat, Study Shows

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CHICAGO (AP) Pudgy toddlers face a good chance of becoming overweight 12-year-olds, according to government research that shoots down the notion that kids just naturally outgrow early chubbiness.

Children who were overweight at age 2 or later during their preschool years faced a five times higher risk of being overweight at age 12 than youngsters who were not overweight early on, the study found. Sixty percent of the children who were overweight at any time during the preschool period were overweight at age 12.

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Chubby Toddlers Don't Always Outgrow Baby Fat, Study Shows

Children were considered overweight if their body-mass index w...

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