A study published online in the Journal of Pediatrics reports that children who are morbidly obese will live 10 to 20 years less and develop illnesses in their 20′s that are associated with people 40 to 60 years old.

Keep in mind that these children are MORBIDLY obese, not just over weight. The study involved 710,949 children ages 2 to 19 and found that 7.3% of boys and 5.5% of girls were morbidly obese. Black teenage girls and Hispanic teenage boys were the most affected.  bjmdjd

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