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Only 1% of US kids who are obese in elementary school transition to a healthy weight within two years, although 1 in 4 overweight children progress to a healthy weight range

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Weight trajectories and obesity remission among school-aged children

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Only 1% of US kids who are obese in elementary school transition to a healthy weight within two years, although 1 in 4 overweight children progress to a healthy weight range

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0290565

Article Title: Weight trajectories and obesity remission among school-aged children

Author Countries: USA

Funding: Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R03DK122011 to Dr. Foster. The NIH had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. There was no additional external funding received for this study.


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