In the results and conclusions sections of a research article about adult morbid obesity and a history of being underweight during the first 2 years of life, the researcher mentions the strong negative correlation between these two variables. What does the author imply by stating this?

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- A strong negative correlation implies that as one variable increases, the other decreases. Therefore, if the study found a strong negative correlation between being underweight during the first 2 years of life and adult morbid obesity, it suggests that those with morbid obesity are less likely to have been underweight in early childhood. This also implies that a statistical test was performed to determine this relationship.

In the Results and Conclusions Sections of a Research Article