Obesity in children as young as 7 years old may put them at higher risk of heart disease and stroke later in life, even if they lack other cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure, a new study found.Fat parents have fat kids.
Obese children had higher levels of biomarkers for inflammation and prothrombosis than thin children. These included 10 times higher concentrations of high sensitivity C-reactive protein, a marker associated with increased risk of developing heart disease, cardiovascular disease, or other processes involving inflammation (P<0.01), according to an online report published Jan. 26 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism...
"These observations reflect the unhealthy status of many youth at risk for adult cardiovascular disease in our catchment area in the southeastern U.S.," Nelly Mauras, MD, of Nemours Children's Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., and colleagues wrote.
The number of overweight children in the U.S. has tripled in the last 30 years, and more than 17% of children between the ages of 6 and 19 are overweight, according to the authors.
Kudos, fatsos.
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