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This is not really new news, but it is worth keeping in mind if you have teenager who is overweight. Apparently, the condition sets the stage for problems later in life including, diabetes and heart disease. One of the big problems we have in the US is that overweight people- including teens don’t really view themselves as overweight since such a high percentage of Americans are fat. They simply see themselves as “normal”. This is going to be a very hard perception to change, but it has to be done or the next generations will come to view diabetes and heart disease as “normal”. When you think about the health care cost crisis in America, this has got to be addressed or costs will never be controlled and the average life expectancy will decline instead of increase as it has for the past century. Add to that the quality of life issues that come with all these problems, and you have a very unhappy population.
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NEW YORk – A new study suggests that young adults who gained too much weight as teenagers tend to have greater amounts of deep abdominal fat — a risk factor for heart disease later in life.
The findings, reported in the journal Diabetes, add to evidence that overweight and obese teens may face elevated heart risks by middle age.
Swedish researchers found that among 612 men ages 18 to 20, those whose body mass index increased the most during adolescence tended to have the greatest amounts of visceral fat —deep “hidden” fat that surrounds the abdominal organs and is particularly linked to type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease.
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