Before revision:  Early prediction and identification of high-risk populations can help to prevent its development. With early identification, proper interventions can be used for its prevention .
After revision:  Early prediction and identification of the children at a high risk of developing childhood obesity may help in engaging earlier and more effective interventions to prevent and manage this and other related health conditions. Existing predictive tools designed for childhood obesity primarily rely on traditional regression-type methods without exploiting longitudinal patterns of children's data ignoring data temporality .