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Obesity programs: The XXI GenerationProjectTarget Population: Newborns, in order to monitor themthroughout their growth.Method: Newborns should go to a medical consult twice a year.Doctors control child´s physical and motor situation, behavior,dietary needs and diseases, etc.Aims: Acquire new knowledge to reach a better understandingof Portugal´s challenges on current health in childhood,adolescence and adulthood.Developed by: Five maternity units in the Porto metropolitanarea. All mothers who delivered a live-born child between April2005 and August 2006 were eligible and invited to join thestudy.