| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - e and sex based on 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts.2,3 Diseases associated with obesity such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, previously only seen in adults, are now being increasingly diagnosed in children.4 In addition, most adolescents with obesity will carry the disease to adulthood5- 7 and have a higher morbidity and mortality risk than those diagnosed later in life.
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