Mrs. Layton is a 33-year-old patient who is obese. Most adult obesity begins:
a. in adolescence.
b. in childhood.
c. after the skeletal growth is completed.
d. once sexual maturation is complete.
A
Seventy percent of adult obesity begins in adolescence, before skeletal growth or sexual matura-tion is complete.
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