"Our results suggest that weight during adolescence, rather than childhood or adulthood, is critical in determining the risk of MS," said author Dr. Kassandra Munger.
Dr. Munger and her colleagues used data on 238,371 women participating in the Nurses' Health Study.
This study appeared in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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