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Among obese adolescents, the most rapid weight gain had occurred between 2 and 6 years of age; most children who were obese at that age were obese in adolescence. (Funded by the German Research Council for the Clinical Research Center "Obesity Mechanisms" and others; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03072537 .).
Geserick et al. (Wed,) studied this question.