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Metabolic Syndrome Seen in Obese Children

Posted on June 26, 2008

New research has concluded that most obese kids between the ages of 12 and 14 have metabolic syndrome; a major predictor of type-2 diabetes and heart disease. WebMD is on it: If a kid is age 8 with metabolic syndrome, it will take 10 years or less for that child to become a type 2 diabetic or develop heart disease, Sarah E. Messiah, PhD, MPH tells WebMD. So as these kids enter adulthood, they could be faced with an entire life of chronic disease. Obese kids aren't dropping dead in their teens, but by then, many have serious heart problems, says John K. Stevens Jr., MD, a cardiologist at Chil...

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