Here’s more proof of how the obesity epidemic is hurting our kids. New research shows obese children as young as seven have high levels – up to 10 times the normal amount – of compounds linked to heart disease and heart attacks. Other studies have shown signs of heart disease in even younger kids.
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It makes a lot of sense – a new study from the University of California at Irvine finds kids who go to school within a half-mile of a fast-food restaurant are more likely to be overweight or obese than those whose schools are further away. And the research shows they also eat fewer servings of [...]

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More devastating effects of the obesity epidemic – A new study finds the arteries of obese children and teens can be just as clogged as those of a 45-year-old. When scientists from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine used ultrasound imaging to look at the neck arteries of obese kids, they found [...]

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Earlier this month, we told you how the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends some children as young as age eight take cholesterol-fighting drugs to prevent having heart problems when they get older.
Now, the New York Times reports hundreds of thousands of American children are taking drugs for a wide range of chronic conditions related to [...]

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I feel like the the bearer of bad news this week after just telling you about the American Academy of Pediatrics recommending some children as young as eight take cholesterol lowering drugs. Now a new study from the University of Michigan says with so many overweight and obese children, there will soon be a dramatic [...]

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By the year 2035, heart disease is expected to skyrocket. Why? Because that’s when kids who are overweight now will hit middle age… and those extra pounds will take their toll on their ticker.

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