Childhood Obesity, Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors, and Premature Death

From the Diabetes Epidemiology and Clinical Research Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Phoenix, AZ (P.W.F., R.L.H., W.C.K., M.L.S., P.H.B., H.C.L.); the Genetic Epidemiology and Clinical Research Group, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Section for Medicine, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden (P.W.F.); the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom (P.W.F.); and Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York (H.C.L.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Franks at the Genetic Epidemiology and Clinical Research Group, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Section for Medicine, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå 901 87, Sweden, or at [email protected].