Childhood obesity could increase the risk of multiple sclerosis in later life

The Conversation – Ruth Robson

Studying the link between behaviour or events in childhood and later-life development of MS is complex. MS is an auto-immune disease of the central nervous system which affects around one in every 500 people. This means that a large number of people need to be studied from a young age to get an accurate picture of the effect of changes in behaviour or lifestyle on the risk of MS in adulthood.

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