"A seven-year ongoing study examining over 20,000 Canadian grade 9 students shows most already have at least one major risk factor for heart disease and stroke, Dr. Brian McCrindle told the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2009, co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society. 'This study is further evidence of an accelerating decline in the heart health of Canada's teens,' says Dr. McCrindle, a cardiologist at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. 'Children shouldn't have these profiles.'...Stop the abuse.
The study found that, between 2002 and 2008, the rates of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and obesity in these teens were alarmingly high and, even more worrisome, increasing over time."
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Saturday, November 07, 2009
For Some Of Canada's Teens Puberty Is A Gateway To Heart Disease
Nutritional child abuse - Canadian style.
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