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I remember reading an article a while ago based on a study that suggested body mass at the time of puberty sets the baseline that the person's metabolism tries to maintain for the rest of their life. To make a long story short, if a child is over weight around the age of 12, they will struggle with the issue for the rest of their lives and will have to work harder to control it than someone with less body mass when they hit puberty. It's basically like a metabolic memory. And the opposite was also true in that kids that were in shape did not need to work as hard to stay in shape as an adult.

It really nailed home the importance of instilling proper habits in children and the socio-economic role (i.e., families that could not afford to have their kids in activities or eat properly, tended to have more weight issues).

I wish I could find it. It was really interesting (in fact, I bet it was posted on here).