Heart disease doesn’t just happen. Diet, exercise habits, and genetics all contribute to risk. So does obesity.
And not just overweight or obese adults, even young children – like six year olds – can begin to show signs of cardiovascular disease.
Published in the journal Pediatrics, researchers found higher levels of C-reactive protein – a marker for artery inflammation and heart disease – among obese children.
High C-reactive protein levels were evident in overweight children ages 6 and 9.
Here’s the problem. Adults know – because they are bombarded with messages – that being overweight, not exercising enough, and eating poorly aren’t healthy, but young children are more oblivious.
So the researchers say obtaining C-reactive protein levels in obese children could help motivate parents and doctors to intervene.
Via HealthDay News.
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