RT Journal
A1 Redberg RF
T1 EDitor’s note—never too late to reduce obesity
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2011
FD October 24
VO 171
IS 19
SP 1770
OP 1770
DO 10.1001/archinte.171.19.1770-a
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.171.19.1770-a
AB 
The United States has seen an alarming increase in obesity rates in the last decade, such that two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. While the implications of childhood obesity for future health remain of great concern, this long-term follow-up from the Harvard Alumni Study of body mass index (BMI) and its relationship to mortality brings us some reason for hope that efforts to address childhood obesity are well worth it. Gray et al find that the negative influence of early BMI on mortality drops out when middle-age BMI is added. It is never too late to adopt healthy lifestyle changes.