# Premature Obesity Test

> Premature Obesity Test (iPhone/iPad app by Walter Caraza.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/premature-obesity-test/id597176940 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Walter Caraza](https://appshunter.io/developer/580407233)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Medical
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 5.0 · 1 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2013-02-02
- Data updated: 2026-10-29

## What is Premature Obesity Test?

This application is a contribution to the world community to disseminate this magnificent calculation designed, created and published by the professor Philippe Froguel (Imperial College London, CNRS, Institute Pasteur de Lille) U.S. journal PLoS One published.

Evaluate easily and without any blood tests which newborn babies are at greater risk of being obese later is possible by an automatic calculation, according to the results of a study by the professor Philippe Froguel (Imperial College London, CNRS, Institute Pasteur Lille) published in the journal PLoS One. Analyzing data collected at the time of birth in Finnish children, Italian and American, scientists have created an equation to evaluate the risk of later obesity in newborns.

These data are easily-obtained: body mass index (BMI, calculated by dividing weight by height squared) of parents before pregnancy, weight gain of the mother during pregnancy, infant birth weight, profession of the mother, smoking during pregnancy and number of children in the family.

Each of these data is a recognized risk factor for childhood obesity, but it is the first time these data are used in a "combined way" to predict a future overweight from birth, according to professor Froguel.

The calculation was used with 4000 Finnish children born in 1986 and followed through adolescence, and then with other populations (1,500 Italian children born in the eighties and 1,000 American children).

Considering characteristics adapted to each population improves the effectiveness of this mode of calculation (eg U.S. ethnicity) as said by the scientist. Besides, its use would concentrate efforts on the 25% of families of children with high risk, which itself comprise 80% of future obese children.

In Europe, obesity affects 10% to 25% of children. In France, 12% of children at the age of 5 were overweight.

Childhood obesity, which often begins before age 5, seems to be caused by extreme growth in the first months of life. 

Main features of the application:

- Share the results with your friends on facebook and twitter.
- No advertising.

## Is Premature Obesity Test safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Premature Obesity Test.

## Is Premature Obesity Test legit?

Premature Obesity Test has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Premature Obesity Test is 55 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.0.3 — 2013-09-10

-Various improvements in application perfomace.

### 1.0.2 — 2013-07-03

-Various improvements in application perfomace.

### 1.0.1 — 2013-02-17

- It implements the calculation of body mass index (BMI) of the mother.
- It implements the calculation of body mass index (BMI) of the father.
-Was correct and improve general aspects of application.

### 1.0.0 — 2013-02-01

No release notes.

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