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Are Obese Children at Risk of Heart Disease?

April 26, 2017children heart disease obese risk

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Are Obese Children at Risk of Heart Disease?

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A new study, published at the medical Journal of Cardiometabolic Syndrome, has shown that obese children are at risk of having early signs of heart disease very similar to the symptoms exhibited by adults with the heart disease. Dr. Angela Sharkey, associate professor of pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine and a pediatric cardiologist at St.