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A genetic test could predict whether a child will be obese as an adult.

A global study, published in the journal Nature Medicine, found that the risk of severe obesity in adulthood can be identified in early childhood through a polygenic risk score (PGS).

The PGS acts as a "calculator" that combines the impact of different genetic risk variants that a person can carry, according to researchers.

YOUR DNA COULD BE STOPPING YOU FROM LOSING WEIGHT, NEW STUDY SUGGESTS

The test can be performed on children before their weight begins to shift, as early as age 5, according to a press release from the University of Copenhagen’s Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR).

The researchers suggest that thi

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