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From EurekAlert! - Breaking News:
Research published today in Journal of the CardioMetabolic Syndrome (JCMS) presents data supporting that adult diseases, such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and sleep apnea are now recognizable in childhood.
The underlying link between them is a disorder of insulin resistance, which is worsened by childhood obesity.
The annual National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that about one-third of U.S. children today, about 25 million, are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight.
One study in this special issue reports data on the effect of age and sex on cardiovascular risk in overweight children, aged 11 years and older.
"Together, this collection of articles demonstrates that morbidity from diseases traditionally thought to have expression in middle to late adulthood can now be demonstrated in children and adolescents," adds Falkner.
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Posted on October 8, 2006 08:39 PM
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