Childhood obesity alone may increase risk of later cardiovascular disease

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 06:21 in Health & Medicine

By as early as 7 years of age, being obese may raise a child's risk of future heart disease and stroke, even in the absence of other cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM)...

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