Athletes Not Spared From Health Risks Of Metabolic Syndrome

Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 09:29 in Health & Medicine

College-age football players who gain weight to add power to their blocks and tackles might also be setting themselves up for diabetes and heart disease later in life, a new study suggests. Nearly half of a sample of collegiate offensive and defensive linemen who underwent a battery of tests for the study had metabolic syndrome.

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