Teenagers who are overweight or obese are much more likely to develop gallstones, compared with peers of a healthy weight, US research suggests.More nutritional child abuse. Stop the abuse.
Healthcare providers Kaiser Permanente looked at 510,000 children aged 10-19. The study, in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, found 766 had gallstones.
It found those who were overweight were twice as likely as those with a healthy weight to have gallstones - the rate was higher among those who were obese.
Those who were moderately obese were four times more likely to have gallstones than those with a normal body mass index, and this rose to six times for those classed as extremely obese.
A UK obesity expert said it was yet another sign that obesity-linked disorders were being seen at increasingly young ages.
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Gallstone risk 'higher among obese teenagers'
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