US panel recommends intervention in obese children as young as 6 years old
A closeup of a beam scale in New York. US health officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expanded growth charts in Dec 2022 to include a body mass index of 60 — up from previous charts that stopped at a BMI of 37. (Photo: AP/Patrick Sison) In 2017, the government-backed US Preventive Services …
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