Overweight teenage boys may have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease in later life, suggests a new study, although they show poor equips them for adult life.
The men, who were obese teenagers are more likely to develop seven times was heart disease in the mid-30, as compared to men, who were thinner than young people.
Childhood obesity is a growing problem in the United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that in the years 2007-2008, 17% of children age 2 to 19 years old were obese.
Writing the new england Journal of Medicine, according to the survey, more than 37,000 of Israeli soldiers. The soldiers of the age of 17, drawn up and was in the army as a career; 90% of the men worked for the reception of the work. The participants were after 17 years; an average of 33 pounds to the soldiers.
You can follow closely the body mass index (BMI), cholesterol levels, exercise, the researchers are smoking, blood pressure, body weight changes, and the family history of cardiovascular disease.
At the end of the investigation when a majority of the research was in the mid-30, 0.9% of the men had was diagnosed with heart disease. And the men, who were obese teenagers was 1.8% the greater the risk of cardiovascular disease. In addition, these men was 3% higher risk of developing diabetes. The researchers say, the women's effects are unclear.
To determine the risk of cardiac angiogram researchers; coronary heart disease as having narrowed by 50%.
The American Heart Association today , one of the three in the United States are overweight or obese; three times the amount in the year 1963. Obesity causes are obvious: the diet of the poor, including the junk food and insufficient intake of the over-execution for the fruit and vegetables; and the lack of physical activity.
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