Modifiable risk factors in the first 1,000 days of life are predictors of increased adiposity and cardiometabolic risk

Risk factors in early life – during the first 1000 days – aggregately predict increased obesity and cardiometabolic risk in early adolescence, according to new research conducted by the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. The study is the first to evaluate the combined influence of risk factors in early life with direct measures of adiposity…