Experts note early metabolic abnormalities in obese children A study of children ages 2 to 6 says nearly 40% of those who were overweight had at least one abnormal metabolic reading, putting them at risk of diabetes and heart disease. More than 5,700 healthy children who visited pediatricians in Rome between 2011 and 2012. Of these children, about 600 (about 10 percent) had become overweight or obese within the last year, and the researchers ran detailed blood tests about 200 of these children for the study. They found that nearly 40 percent of these children had at least one abnormal reading in their metabolism — such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, elevated blood sugar or low levels of good cholesterol livescience/47299-obesity-preschool-heart-disease-risk.html
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:13:49 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015