T_Dia
01-07-2010, 12:01 AM
Children who have high blood pressure and high cholesterol and are overweight are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes as young adults. How's that for enough motivation to hide the leftover Christmas candy?
Scientists have been trying to figure how the big spike in obesity among children will affect their health as adults. Evidence has been building that having what's called metabolic syndrome—a cluster of symptoms that include high blood pressure, low "good" cholesterol, abdominal obesity, high fasting glucose, and high triglycerides—vastly increases the risk of early heart disease and diabetes. Some children are even developing full-blown type 2 diabetes, which was almost unheard of two decades ago. But metabolic syndrome is hard to identify in kids, and last year the nation's cardiologists said children shouldn't be diagnosed with metabolic syndrome, because the odds of progressing to diabetes or heart disease later in life weren't known.
Full Article (http://www.usnews.com/health/blogs/on-parenting/2010/01/06/3-simple-ways-to-assess-childrens-risk-of-early-onset-diabetes.html).
Scientists have been trying to figure how the big spike in obesity among children will affect their health as adults. Evidence has been building that having what's called metabolic syndrome—a cluster of symptoms that include high blood pressure, low "good" cholesterol, abdominal obesity, high fasting glucose, and high triglycerides—vastly increases the risk of early heart disease and diabetes. Some children are even developing full-blown type 2 diabetes, which was almost unheard of two decades ago. But metabolic syndrome is hard to identify in kids, and last year the nation's cardiologists said children shouldn't be diagnosed with metabolic syndrome, because the odds of progressing to diabetes or heart disease later in life weren't known.
Full Article (http://www.usnews.com/health/blogs/on-parenting/2010/01/06/3-simple-ways-to-assess-childrens-risk-of-early-onset-diabetes.html).