Nutrition Through The Life Cycle
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Introduction: Obesity can be defined as accumulation of excess of body fat. It is a leading cause of serious health problems such as cardiac disease,
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c. Biological fathers of obese children have a higher BMI than adoptive fathers of thin children.
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