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. 1999 Nov 27;354(9193):1874-5.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)04555-9.

Epidemic of obesity in UK children

J J Reilly, A R Dorosty

Epidemic of obesity in UK children

J J Reilly et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

Data from a nationally representative sample of 2630 English children show that the frequency of overweight ranged from 22% at age 6 years to 31% at age 15 years and that of obesity ranged from 10% at age 6 years to 17% at age 15 years.

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