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Tuesday, February 03, 2009

One in Three 14-Year-Olds at Risk for Heart Disease

An Australian study of 1,000 14-year-olds found that almost one in three is at risk for heart disease. Many of the children who had risk factors for heart disease were not overweight.

Researchers from the University of Western Australia and Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research set out to identify risk factors from measures of blood pressure, weight, and levels of insulin, blood glucose, and cholesterol.

The researchers plan to reassess the children when they are 18 years old.

This study appeared in the Diabetes Care Journal.

Labels: heart_disease, health_risks, teenagers

Posted By: Aspen Education Group