The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 2 , Pages 191-200.e1, February 2008

Childhood Obesity Predicts Adult Metabolic Syndrome: The Fels Longitudinal Study

  • Shumei S. Sun, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Lifespan Health Research Center, Department of Community Health, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Shumei S. Sun, PhD, Department of Community Health, 3171 Research Blvd, Dayton, OH 45420.
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  • Ruohong Liang, MS

      Affiliations

    • From the Lifespan Health Research Center, Department of Community Health, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH
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  • Terry T.-K. Huang, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Endocrinology, Nutrition and Growth Branch, Center for Research for Mothers and Children, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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  • Stephen R. Daniels, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO
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  • Silva Arslanian, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Kiang Liu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL.
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  • Gilman D. Grave, MD

      Affiliations

    • Endocrinology, Nutrition and Growth Branch, Center for Research for Mothers and Children, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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  • Roger M. Siervogel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Lifespan Health Research Center, Department of Community Health, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH

Received 5 February 2007; received in revised form 12 June 2007; accepted 31 July 2007. published online 01 November 2007.

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 Supported by in part by National Institutes of Health grants DK 071485, HL 072838, and HD 12252.This manuscript was prepared for the Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome Working Group.

PII: S0022-3476(07)00752-4

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.07.055

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