Child Obesity Risks Death at Early Age, Study Finds

This is an research article that followed 4,857 non-diabetic Native American Children born between 1945 to 1984. It showed that when children became obese, it affected their life expectancy. Their cause of death before the age of 55, was determined to be diabetes related.

Adults who had the highest body mass index scores as children were 2.3 times as likely to have died early as those with the lowest scores, and those with the highest glucose levels were 73 percent more likely to have died prematurely.

Here is the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/health/11fat.html?ref=nutrition