Heart Disease Starts At Age 3 in Obese Kids, Doubles the Risk for Early Death

Tuesday, March 02, 2010  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

Two new studies are more than sufficient to scare the living daylights out of any parent watching their child gain weight.  The first, published in the journal Pediatrics, shows that inflammatory changes that cause heart disease are clearly present at age 3 and steadily worsen up to age 17.  The second, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows that childhood obesity is the strongest factor linked to premature disease-associated death, more than doubling the risk.

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