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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Overweight Youth More Likely to be Hospitalized

Children who are overweight are more likely to be admitted to hospitals after they are seen in emergency rooms, according to new research presented at a meeting of the American College of Emergency Room Physicians.
  • Dr. Adam Singer from State University of New York studied 6,304 children who had been seen in emergency rooms in 2007
  • He determined that 12 percent of these children went on to be admitted to hospitals.
  • Among this group, 17 percent were at risk of overweight, 18 percent were overweight, and 6.9 percent were underweight.
"We can speculate that obese children may be more likely to get sick, and when they are sick, they may be more likely to have severe illness," Dr. Singer said.

Labels: overweight children, hospitals

Posted By: Aspen/CRC