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Article: Obesity concerns put the pinch on chubby babies.
- Article from:
- The Star (Amman, Jordan)
- Article date:
- September 3, 2006
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By Shari Roan Baby fat, that term that conjures images of chunky thighs and thickly padded cheeks, is beginning to carry a new connotation. At a time of so much focus on obesity, the word is that even cute, blubbery babies can be too fat for their own good. That's the message emerging from several health groups, including the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics. No one suggests that children younger than 2 should be placed on a diet, but health experts are becoming more convinced that future weight problems can take root in the earliest days of life and that baby weight should be monitored in a more ...