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Investigators from the Childhood Obesity Prevention Research Team investigate prevention and treatment options to improve obesity-related care for pediatric patients.
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Unexplained Childhood Obesity? Consider Genetic Causes
Dec 8, 2021
James is a 3-year-old male with developmental delay and rapid weight gain/obesity. Prenatal history was unremarkable. His birth weight was 50th percentile and length was 90th percentile at birth. Soon after birth, he started showing feeding difficulties, poor suck/coordination, and aspiration.