Obesity at 9 to 12 Years Predicts Heart Disease Risk Factors in Adolescence

Fat parents have fat kids. More early nutritional child abuse.

Greater adiposity in childhood, at ages 9 to 12 years, is associated with increased cardiovascular risk factors in adolescence, ages 15 to 16 years, although the risks can be decreased in obese children by achieving normal weight by adolescence, a new study has found.

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