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"Study finds obese kids have arteries like 45-year-olds'
Many overweight children and teenagers could have severe cardiovascular disease in their 20s and 30s, causing a healthcare crisis. Early identification of the problem is a key."
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Study finds obese kids have arteries like 45-year-olds'
Many overweight children and teenagers could have severe cardiovascular disease in their 20s and 30s, causing a healthcare crisis. Early identification of the problem is a key.
The arteries of many obese children and teenagers are as thick and stiff as those of 45-year-olds, a sign that such children could have severe cardiovascular disease at a much younger age than their parents unless their condition is reversed, researchers said Tuesday.
"It's possible that they will have heart disease in their 20s and 30s," said Dr. Geetha Raghuveer of the University of Missouri at Kansas City, who led the study presented at a New Orleans meeting of the American Heart Assn.
"There's a saying that 'you're as old as your arteries,' meaning that the state of your arteries is more important than your actual age in the evolution of heart disease and stroke," she said. "We found that the state of the arteries of these children is more typical of a 45-year-old than of someone their own age."
Experts did not find the results surprising, but they did view it as "alarming."
"We're facing an epidemic of childhood obesity," said Dr. Michael Schloss, co-director of the lipid treatment program at the New York University School of Medicine, who was not involved in the study. "We are raising a generation of children that are going to have a significant increase in vascular disease as they get older."
A May study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 16.3% of U.S. children and teenagers are obese and an additional 15.6% are overweight.
Raghuveer runs a preventive cardiology clinic for children who have high cholesterol levels, obesity and a family history of cardiac deaths. She and her colleagues used ultrasound imaging to measure the thickness of the inner walls of the carotid arteries on 70 children considered at risk.
The carotid arteries supply blood to the brain, and the thickness of their inner walls is routinely used as a surrogate for the condition of the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart.
The children all had abnormalities in one or more types of cholesterol, and 40 of them had a body mass index, or BMI — a calculation of weight and height routinely used as a measure of obesity — in the 95th percentile.
Because the researchers did not have access to healthy children for comparison, they compared the measured values to readily available data for 45-year-olds, using an arbitrary cutoff value of the 25th percentile, Raghuveer said. They found that three-quarters of the children had artery thickness above this level.
The artery thickening was most advanced in patients who were the most obese and had the highest levels of a type of cholesterol known as triglycerides, so that combination "should be a red flag to the doctor that a child is at high risk of heart disease," she said. Their long-term prospects "are not good" unless they can reverse the condition.
The findings suggest the potential for "a major public health problem" down the road, said Dr. Albert Bove of the Temple University School of Medicine, president-elect of the American College of Cardiology, who was not involved in the study.
"If we begin to see people disabled in their 30s and 40s because of heart disease, we could lose a significant fraction of the workforce," Bove said.
But there is some hope.
"If we can identify the condition early and start modifying triglycerides, we can probably prevent progression and perhaps even promote regression," said Dr. John P. Kennedy, director of prevention cardiology at Marina del Rey Hospital.
First?! That is sick. Poor baby!! I blame the parents for overfeeding their kids!!
sooo sad.
too many parents let their kids sit on their butts with interrupted intervals of fast food.
poor kids!
holy fuckin shitttttttttttttttttttttttttttt. its fat bastard as a baby
That is one UNHAPPY looking kid!
this is the parents' fault!! fer gawd sake people, quit stuffin yer kids with food 24/7 !
Something funnier than a fat kid is a fat CHINESE kid…. MOUHAHAHAHA
His fat little bread-dough cheeks are trying to swallow hie nose. Poor little Dum Fat Fuk.
Re: harrybalsac – HIS*
Parents who let their kids get like that, need to be jailed for abuse.
Stop stuffing these kids and maybe they wouldn't have arteries of an old person.
Put that cake down, fuckface….
See how simple that was…..
Re: Taylor – Yes it does! You should see the Warhead on my unit!
What a fat FUCK!
HAHAHAHAHA! THAT PIC IS JOKES!!!
REALLY PEOPLE STOP BEING LAZY COOK FOR YOUR KIDS GIVE THEM HEALTHY SNACKS AND STOP BUYIN THEM FUCKING MCDONALDS ALL THE TIME AND GET THEIR ASSES OUT TO PLAY THE OLD FASHION WAY!!!!!!!!
Man that is one fat kid…but still cuter than Palin spawn!
this is really sad, that poor kid.
Eat more organic foods & hit the treadmill Or take a jog damn I'm hitting my stepper later …..
Q: What do you call a fat chink?
A: A chunk.
get the kids off the goddamn computer and video game and shove their asses outside to play!!!
PROBLEM SOLVED
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Re: Taylor – you got some serious penile passion…..
Re: _Alice_ – I sorry sweet cheeks, I clicked on me instead of you, it's early need coffee and a taste of your pie! GOOD MORNING!!!!
Re: La Diva – Ahahahahaha….nice……
Re: LettyB – Morning, low 70's & sunny today, I so glad I got firewood last week.
fat little bastard!!!!!!
holy crap! =[
That is one fat ugly baby
I blame video games. A lot of kids have big appetites and people haven't always fed their kids 'light' food. The difference is these kids are lazy asses who never go outside and play. They just on their behinds and drool in front of a video game for hours on end.
that little piggy is ready for the slaughter house, hell yeah!
Re: harrybalsac – Dude, I love your username!
that baby is morbidly obese but even still there is NO such thing as a baby that isn't cute and this one is so adorable!
Re: harrybalsac – It's ok my pet. I still want to spank you though.
Tub O Lard.
I'm surprised…I'm first to comment on how cute Perez was as a baby…..I didn't know Cubanos had squinty eyes, tho
And the have taken away recess. My kids have a 25 minute recess per school day. THAT IS IT! Bring back recess!!!!!!
Fast food kills! Stupid, lazy parents take note… It's cheaper to buy grains and vegetables and whip something up at home. We're all busy but if you can't manage this, you shouldn't have kids at all.
Mario's baby picture is sooo cute!
That's sickening. Shame on those parents for feeding that kid so much. What the hell is the matter with them??
thats disgusting…she should be arrested for child abuse….
there is no excuse for a baby being that fat….
Re: _Alice_ – Agreed
i'm sorry but that baby is friggin cute…his cheeks are killing me and his feet.
How come this wasn't filed under "If you're easily offended . . ."? I just lost my appetite for the rest of the day, and it's only 8 AM!
His facial features are being swallowed up by his GINORMOUS cheeks!
ok please .. ya I don't agree with overweight kids, don't want my kiddos to turn into fatties, but did you all ever think that maybe the photo that Perez ripped off the net is of a sick kid, kids with liver disease puff out like that .. look at the bandage on his head, perhaps too much mcpukes didn't do that to him .. really Perez, you really need to get some appropriate pics!
This is sooo sad!!!
Parents who did that to there kids should be punished. Seriously. No child deserves to be overweight like that and it just hurts them when they get older, as they get teased and bullied.
Do not have kids unless you can provide a healthy environment for them and know how to feed them healthy instead of getting them McDonalds and all that other fast food crap.
Lazy asses.
Re: suicideblonde – I agree…it's not his fault and kids are victims. Parents have been taking the easy way out for a long time. They shove food down the kids throat everytime he/she whines. Food becomes the only thing the kid looks forward to. So sad. I have 3 boys and they're all very healthty on the charts. The occasional snack and fastfood meal is ok…but GEEZ!! C'mon people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Parents who let their children get like that should be prosecuted for child abuse.
this is disturbing that parents let there kids get like this.. but some of the comments made in here are WAY more disturbing than that picture. who really calls an infant such filthy names?
He reminds me of that Dragon Ball Z character; what's his name; Majin-Boo, or something?
That's just sick
hahaha omg that picture of that baby!!! his face is so fat it looks like his eyes, nose, and mouth have been squished in and his cheeks are gonna explode.
Re: Tristanpb –
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I don't find that funny at all. If you're going to insult a race, you should at least make it right…how do you know the kid's Chinese? Oh, that's right, you don't.
What are parents feeding these kids? Take them to the gym three times a week, shut off the damn t.v., pull the plug on their computer and get them moving. Family walks, anything. This entire generation are turning into carb faced video junkies who will die younger than their parents will.
That is onee fat baby
Oh gosh. How can that baby's parents do that to him? I mean, maybe they're spoiling him, but they should stop when they know it'll put his health in danger.
aww.
That is a cute baby!
Would be cuter if a little less chubby.
I blame the parents.
Start feeding your kids healthy shit.
Ghod.
i blame the formula.
look at the heed on that one, his head is so big its in its own zip code
This isn't a surprise. Our country's food habits are majorly unprioritized. Parents are totally responsible for setting the right example for their children by feeding them properly. That means home cooked meals, instilling good food habits that they will become accustomed to and carry with them all their lives, and keeping them exercising by playing sports or doing whatever physical activities they are suited to. Good habits start young. I was one of those people with a massive junk food lifestyle. I gained a lot of weight and started suffering health problems because I was eating fast food and fried food constantly. Now I'm on a completely organic diet, only eating foods that are natural and constantly reading health magazines and squeezing exercise into my schedule. I've lost all the weight and am incredibly healthy. I am sad that parents keep giving kids the worse possible choices. Like, FROSTED FLAKES for breakfast. There are a thousand other cereals that are actually good for you. Or visiting the doctor's office and getting candy bars as treats for going. These things send tremendously mixed messages. There's nothing wrong with giving kids treats every now and then, but buy them organic cookies and lolipops or all natural deserts. Even smoothies, which are completely tasty and easy to make and healthy (from your blender, not from a store) are all easy tasty ways to make a difference. IT'S NOT THAT HARD, PARENTS.
Poor kid is just overinflated is all. Bring him down to 29 psi and if he goes bald he should be changed.
Sumo wrestler of the future. Sumo wrestlers have their own cachet in Asia.
aww that poor baby. I am sorry but parents whos children are severely obese.. I am talking can barely walk or breath need to be arrested for child abuse. Its not the childs fault! Especially when they child ( especially a baby) cant care for itself. People who raise their kids like this should be fucking beat. Its one thing to have a slightly chunky kid, but come on! This is really sad and I dont know why stupid people feel the need to fucking reproduce.
I fucking hungry.
Re: Taylor – SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY. GO SLURP SOME SMEGMA.